Knee adduction moment and medial contact force - facts about their correlation during gait

The external knee adduction moment is considered a surrogate measure for the medial tibiofemoral contact force and is commonly used to quantify the load reducing effect of orthopedic interventions. However, only limited and controversial data exist about the correlation between adduction moment and...

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Main Authors: Kutzner, Ines (Author), Trepczynski, Adam (Author), Heller, Markus O. (Author), Bergmann, Georg (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013.
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