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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...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| 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 |