Measuring relative positions and orientations of the tibia with respect to the femur using one-channel 3D-tracked A-mode ultrasound tracking system: A cadaveric study

Detailed knowledge of the skeletal knee kinematics is very important to assess pathologies of the lower limb [1 –3]. Accurately measured tibiofemoral kinematics is also useful for evaluation of surgical techniques such as implantation of artificial knee implants [4,5] and for the development and validation of computer models (e.g. musculoskeletal models) capable of simulating normal and pathological human m ovement [6,7].
Source: Medical Engineering and Physics - Category: Biomedical Engineering Authors: Tags: Technical note Source Type: research