Are external knee load and EMG measures accurate indicators of internal knee contact forces during gait?

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 921-929

  Meyer, Andrew J ^a   D'Lima, Darryl D ^b   Besier, Thor F ^c   Lloyd, David G ^d   Colwell Jr , Clifford W ^b   Fregly, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomechanics; gait modification; instrumented knee implant; knee adduction moment; knee osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTERNAL KNEE LOAD; GAIT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNAL KNEE CONTACT FORCE; MALE; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; TIBIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876295390     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22304     Document Type: Article

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