On the Role of the Patella, ACL and Joint Contact Forces in the Extension of the Knee

Traditional descriptions of the knee suggest that the function of the patella is to facilitate knee extension by increasing the moment arm of the quadriceps muscles. Through modelling and evidence from the literature it is shown in this paper that the presence of the patella makes the ability of the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cleather, Daniel J., Southgate, Dominic F. L., Bull, Anthony M. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25536067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115670

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25536067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115670

Ejemplares similares