ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2012
The effect of distal femur bony morphology on in vivo knee translational and rotational kinematics.
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- Distal Femoral Shortening Osteotomy for Severe Knee Flexion Contracture and Crouch Gait in Cerebral Palsy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Distal femur morphology affects rotatory knee instability in patients with anterior cruciate ligament ruptures.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019Article
- The effect of articular geometry features identified using statistical shape modelling on knee biomechanics.Medical engineering & physics · 2019Article
- Influence of knee position and examiner-induced motion on the kinematics of the pivot shift.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2019Article
- Functional knee assessment with advanced imaging.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2016Review
- Statistical modeling to characterize relationships between knee anatomy and kinematics.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2015Article
- In vivo length change patterns of the medial and lateral collateral ligaments along the flexion path of the knee.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2015Article
- Strong correlation between the morphology of the proximal femur and the geometry of the distal femoral trochlea.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2014Article
- Gender differences following computer-navigated single- and double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeTibio-femoral kinematics are clearly influenced by the bony morphology of the femur. Previous morphological studies have not directly evaluated relationships between morphology and knee kinematics. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between distal femur bony morphology and in vivo knee kinematics during running. It was hypothesized that the posterior offset of the transcondylar axis would be related to the magnitude of anterior/posterior tibio-femoral translation and that the rotational angle of the transcondylar axis would be related to the magnitude of internal/external knee rotation.
methodsSeventeen contralateral (uninjured) knees of ACL-reconstructed patients were used. Distal femoral geometry was analyzed from 3D-CT data by determining the anteroposterior location (condyle offset ratio--COR) and rotational angle (condylar twist angle--CTA) of the femoral transcondylar axis. Six degree-of-freedom knee kinematics were obtained during running using a dynamic stereo radiograph system. Knee kinematics were correlated with the femoral morphologic measures (COR and CTA) to investigate the influence of femoral geometry on dynamic knee function.
resultsSignificant correlations were identified between distal femur morphology and knee kinematics. Anterior tibial translation was positively correlated with the condyle offset ratio (R(2) = 0.41, P < 0.01). Internal tibial rotation was positively correlated with the condylar twist angle (R(2) = 0.48, P < 0.01).
conclusionsCorrelations between knee kinematics and morphologic measures describing the position and orientation of the femoral transcondylar axis suggest that these specific measures are valuable for characterizing the influence of femur shape on dynamic knee function. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.
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