Evaluation of knee joint muscle forces and tissue stresses-strains during gait in severe OA versus normal subjects

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic research Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 69 - 78
• Main Authors: Adouni, M., Shirazi-Adl, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Ankle Joint - physiology; Anterior Cruciate Ligament - physiology; biomechanical model; Biomechanical Phenomena - physiology; cartilage; gait; Gait - physiology; Hip Joint - physiology; Humans; Knee Joint - physiology; knee osteoarthritis; Models, Biological; muscle forces; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Osteoarthritis, Knee - physiopathology; Pressure; Severity of Illness Index; Stress, Mechanical; Tensile Strength - physiology; Weight-Bearing - physiology; gait; muscle forces; knee osteoarthritis; cartilage; biomechanical model
• ISSN: 0736-0266; 1554-527X; 1554-527X
• DOI: 10.1002/jor.22472

ABSTRACT Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of pain and disability in the elderly with the knee being the most affected weight bearing joint. We used a musculoskeletal biomechanical model of the lower extremity including a detailed validated knee joint finite element model to compute lower ext...