Effects of Kneeling on Tibiofemoral Contact Pressure and Area in Posterior Cruciate-Retaining and Posterior Cruciate-Sacrificing Total Knee Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 620-624

  Hofer, Jason K ^a   Gejo, Ryuichi ^b   McGarry, Michelle H ^a   Lee, Thay Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic science; Cadaver study; Contact area; Contact pressure; Kneeling; Tibiofemoral joint; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEELING; MUSCLE FORCE; STANDING; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POLYETHYLENE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; POSTURE; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84858290403     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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