Changes in valgus and varus alignment neutralize aberrant frontal plane knee moments in patients with unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1408-1412

  Leitch, Kristyn M ^a   Birmingham, Trevor B ^a   Dunning, Cynthia E ^a,b   Robert Giffin, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignment; Knee angular impulse; Knee moment; Osteoarthritis; Osteotomy

Indexed keywords

GAIT BIOMECHANICS; KNEE ANGULAR IMPULSE; KNEE MOMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MEDIAL COMPARTMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOTOMY; RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; SURGERY;

ALIGNMENT;

ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALGUS ALIGNMENT; VARUS ALIGNMENT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84876304137     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.01.024     Document Type: Article

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