title: On the kinematic modeling and the parameter estimation of the human knee joint.
abstract: This paper presents some results on the modeling and the parameter estimation of the human knee joint. Based on the geometric characteristics of the femur condyle and the tibia plateau, a part of femoro-tibial joint model includes an involute-on-plane submodel. Data recorded by camera type device are used to analyze the kinematic characteristics of the knee joint and to estimate the corresponding submodel parameters. Experimental results are presented and the model is further validated.
authors.affiliation: Unité d'Automatique, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Willems
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005269:Femur / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012399:Rotation; D013977:Tibia / Q000502:physiology