Partitioning of knee joint internal forces in gait is dictated by the knee adduction angle and not by the knee adduction moment

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1696-1703

  Adouni, M ^a   Shirazi Adl, A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adduction angle and moment; Finite element method; Gait; Knee joint; Medial contact force

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CONTACT FORCES; GAIT; KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; KNEE JOINT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MEDIAL COMPARTMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADDUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; KNEE ADDUCTION ANGLE; KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE JOINT INTERNAL FORCE; LATERAL LOAD RATIO; MALE; MEDIAL CONTACT FORCE; MEDIAL LOAD RATIO; PHASE PARTITIONING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ROTATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADDUCTION ANGLE AND MOMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAIT; KNEE JOINT; MEDIAL CONTACT FORCE;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION;

EID: 84898868755     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.02.028     Document Type: Article

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