title: [A mechanical model of knee joint in sagittal plane].
abstract: A sagittal plane model of knee joint based on crossed-four-bar-linkage-based tibiofemoral joint model has been developed using geometric and force equilibrium constraints. The model predicts and explains the movement of contact point on the patella and femur, variation of patellar and patellar tendon angle, variation of patellar mechanism angle and variation of patellofemoral contact force and patellar tendon force. The computed results agree well with the published experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
authors.forename: Yujue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Mingguang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Changming
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Chengtao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D010329:Patella / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*