title: The use of the co-ordinate measuring machine for the study of three-dimensional biomechanics of the knee.
abstract: Original methodology for the study of three-dimensional biomechanics of the knee is presented in the paper. Defining the geometry of the rigid body in the body-fixed reference frame and the orientation of the body-fixed reference frame in the global co-ordinate system are the theoretic basis. The data in the form of co-ordinates of the Cartesian frame are gathered by the co-ordinate measuring machine and analysed by specially computer program. The theory and a practical example of the study of the three-dimensional biomechanics of the knee are presented. Various possibilities of the use of the methodology are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veselko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jenko
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lipuscek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results