Painful medial knee compartment syndrome in over-45-year-olds. II–Technical note: Biomechanical considerations: Theoretic analysis of load distribution in the knee according to plane and to gait phase

Summary Varus deviation as defined by Thomine is the basis for understanding load distribution between the medial and lateral tibial plateau; it was originally defined in the frontal plane. Analysis in the sagittal and horizontal planes leads to a concept of varizing area . Varizing area sheds light...

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Published inOrthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research Vol. 97; no. 4; pp. S27 - S30
Main Authors Nguyen-Khanh, J.P, Dubrana, F, Gunepin, F.-X, Andro, C, Guilbert, S, Buisson, P, Rouvillain, J.-L, Marcillaud, G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.06.2011
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Biomechanical Phenomena
Compartment Syndromes - physiopathology
Female
Gait - physiology
Humans
Knee
Knee Joint - physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Orthopedics
Osteoarthritis
Pain - etiology
Surgery
Varus deviation
Weight-Bearing
Knee
Varus deviation
Osteoarthritis
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Summary:Summary Varus deviation as defined by Thomine is the basis for understanding load distribution between the medial and lateral tibial plateau; it was originally defined in the frontal plane. Analysis in the sagittal and horizontal planes leads to a concept of varizing area . Varizing area sheds light on how, during gait, load predominates in the medial and posteromedial knee. It also accounts for the following two findings: (a) degenerative lesions are mainly medial, even when the mid-knee axis is normal; (b) degenerative lesions are mainly posterior.
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ISSN:1877-0568
1877-0568
DOI:10.1016/j.otsr.2011.03.009