In vivo patellar tracking and patellofemoral cartilage contacts during dynamic stair ascending

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2432-2437

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a,b   Hosseini, Ali ^a   Li, Jing Sheng ^a   Gill, Thomas J ^a   Li, Guoan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Patellar tracking; Patellofemoral cartilage contact

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR TRANSLATION; CARTILAGE SURFACES; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTACT LOCATION; CONTACT POINTS; FEMORAL CARTILAGE; IN-VIVO; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE JOINT; PATELLAR CARTILAGE; PATELLAR INSTABILITIES; PATELLAR TRACKING; PATELLOFEMORAL; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT;

CARTILAGE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); STAIRS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA FLEXION ANGLE; PATELLA TRACKING; PATELLOFEMORAL CARTILAGE CONTACT POINT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAIR ASCENDING; TIBIOFEMORAL JOINT FLEXION ANGLE; TROCHLEAR GROOVE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 84865863483     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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