Function of the medial meniscus in force transmission and stability

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1383-1388

  Walker, Peter S ^a   Arno, Sally ^a   Bell, Christopher ^a   Salvadore, Gaia ^a   Borukhov, Ilya ^a   Oh, Cheongeun ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Force transmission; Meniscus; Motion analysis; Osteoarthritis; Stability

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MOTION ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER MODELLING; DISTRIBUTING-LOAD; FORCE TRANSMISSION; LOAD TRANSMISSION; MENISCUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SHEAR LOADINGS; WEIGHT BEARING;

LOADS (FORCES);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXION ANGLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FORCE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MEDIAL MENISCUS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TIBIA; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84929654010     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.02.055     Document Type: Article

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