Novel approach to dynamic knee laxity measurement using capacitive strain gauges

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2868-2875

  Zens, Martin ^a,b   Niemeyer, Philipp ^a   Bernstein, Anke ^a   Feucht, Matthias J ^a   Kühle, Jan ^a   Südkamp, Norbert P ^a   Woias, Peter ^b   Mayr, Herrmann O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL ruptures; Joint displacement measurement; Knee joint; Laxities; Pivot shift; Strain gauges

Indexed keywords

BAYSILON; DIMETICONE;

ARTHROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84942368230     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-015-3771-9     Document Type: Article

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