The effect of the frontal plane tibiofemoral angle and varus knee moment on the contact stress and strain at the knee cartilage

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 432-443

  Yang, Nicholas H ^a,b   Canavan, Paul K ^c,d   Nayeb Hashemi, Hamid ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Windham Community Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element; Knee; Tibiofemoral; Varus

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN;

KNEE; MEDIAL COMPARTMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; STRESS AND STRAIN; SUBJECT SPECIFIC MODELS; TIBIOFEMORAL; VARUS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTACT STRESS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; STANDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

EID: 79551533763     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.26.4.432     Document Type: Article

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