The effect of articular geometry features identified using statistical shape modelling on knee biomechanics

AL Clouthier, CR Smith, MF Vignos, DG Thelen… - Medical engineering & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Articular geometry in the knee varies widely among people which has implications for risk of
injury and pathology. The goals of this work were to develop a framework to systematically …

High tibial osteotomy effectively redistributes compressive knee loads during walking

E De Pieri, C Nüesch, G Pagenstert… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The objectives of this study were to estimate pre‐and postoperative lower limb kinematics
and kinetics and knee intra‐articular forces during gait using musculoskeletal modeling in a …

Knee loading in OA subjects is correlated to flexion and adduction moments and to contact point locations

A Zeighami, R Dumas, R Aissaoui - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
This study evaluated the association of contact point locations with the knee medial and
lateral contact force (Fmed, Flat) alterations in OA and healthy subjects. A musculoskeletal …

The effects of knee pain on knee contact force and external knee adduction moment in patients with knee osteoarthritis

M Yamagata, M Taniguchi, H Tateuchi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of knee pain, leading to physical dysfunction.
External knee adduction moment (KAM), a surrogate measure of knee contact force (KCF) in …

Improving musculoskeletal model scaling using an anatomical atlas: the importance of gender and anthropometric similarity to quantify joint reaction forces

Z Ding, CK Tsang, D Nolte… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The accuracy of a musculoskeletal model relies heavily on the implementation of
the underlying anatomical dataset. Linear scaling of a generic model, despite being time …

Contributions of muscles and external forces to medial knee load reduction due to osteoarthritis braces

SCE Brandon, MJ Brown, AL Clouthier, A Campbell… - The Knee, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Braces for medial knee osteoarthritis can reduce medial joint loads through a
combination of three mechanisms: application of an external brace abduction moment …

A subject-specific musculoskeletal model to predict the tibiofemoral contact forces during daily living activities

L Zhang, G Liu, Y Yan, B Han, H Li, J Ma… - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Accurate prediction of tibiofemoral contact force (TFCF) during daily living activities is
significant for understanding the initiation, progression, and treatment of knee osteoarthritis …

[HTML][HTML] An Update on the Use of Orthobiologics Combined with Corrective Osteotomies for Osteoarthritis: Osteotomy Site and Intra-Articular Efficacy

B Kerzner, LM Fortier, HW Swindell… - Operative Techniques in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The goal of osteotomies is to redistribute load within the affected joint, shifting forces from
the pathologic knee compartments to contralateral, well-preserved areas, thereby improving …

Influence of lower-limb muscle inactivation on medial and lateral knee contact forces during walking

M Yamagata, H Tateuchi, A Asayama… - Medical Engineering & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to determine which muscle force reduction, among the
vastus muscles (VAS), rectus femoris (RF), gluteus medius (Gmed), and gluteus maximus …

Comparing three generic musculoskeletal models to estimate the tibiofemoral reaction forces during gait and sit-to-stand tasks

ARM Pelegrinelli, DS Catelli, E Kowalski… - Medical Engineering & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The choice of musculoskeletal (MSK) model is crucial for performing MSK estimations to
evaluate muscle demands and joint forces. This study compared two previously published …