A low-riding patella in posterior stabilised total knee replacements alters quadriceps' mechanical advantage, resulting in reduced knee flexion moments

Knee

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-305

  Ward, T R ^a,c   Pandit, H ^a,d   Hollinghurst, D ^a   Zavatsky, A B ^c   Gill, H S ^a   Thomas, N P ^d   Murray, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cruciate retaining; Fluoroscopy; Knee prosthesis; PFA; Posterior stabilised

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT KINETICS; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FLEXION MOMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; LOW RIDING PATELLA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PATELLAR FLEXION ANGLE; PATELLAR HEIGHT; PATELLAR TENDON ANGLE; PATELLAR TENDON LENGTH; POSTERIOR STABILIZED TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE; STEP UP ACTIVITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84861697526     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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