A Novel Testing Platform for Assessing Knee Joint Mechanics: A Parallel Robotic System Combined with an Instrumented Spatial Linkage

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1121-1132

  Atarod, Mohammad ^a   Rosvold, Joshua M ^b   Frank, Cyril B ^a   Shrive, Nigel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; In vivo; ISL; Kinematics; Kinetics; Mechanics; Parallel robot

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS; HISTOLOGY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MECHANICS; ROBOTS; TISSUE;

DEGENERATIVE CHANGES; GAIT; IN-VIVO; ISL; LOAD-CARRYING CHARACTERISTICS; PARALLEL ROBOTIC SYSTEM; PARALLEL ROBOTS; SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM (6-DOF);

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMUR; GAIT; GENERAL DEVICE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTED SPATIAL LINKAGE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ROBOTICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GAIT; KNEE JOINT; ROBOTICS; SHEEP; STIFLE;

EID: 84898543495     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-0985-9     Document Type: Article

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