title: Painful medial knee compartment syndrome in over-45-year-olds. II--technical note: Biomechanical considerations: theoretic analysis of load distribution in the knee according to plane and to gait phase.
abstract: Varus deviation as defined by Thomine is the basis for understanding load distribution between the medial and lateral tibial plateau; it was originally defined in the frontal plane. Analysis in the sagittal and horizontal planes leads to a concept of varizing area. Varizing area sheds light on how, during gait, load predominates in the medial and posteromedial knee. It also accounts for the following two findings: (a) degenerative lesions are mainly medial, even when the mid-knee axis is normal; (b) degenerative lesions are mainly posterior.
authors.affiliation: Clinique du Val-d'Olonne, 85100 Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Nguyen-Khanh
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubrana
authors.forename: F-X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Gunepin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Andro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guilbert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buisson
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rouvillain
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marcillaud
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D016474:Weight-Bearing