STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF THE KNEE CONTACT FORCES AND KNEE JOINT MOMENTS TO EVALUATE THE LOADING IN THE KNEE WITH FRONTAL PLANE MALALIGNMENT DURING WALKING

Authors

Jana Holder, Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Frankfurt/Main, GermanyFollow
Andrea Meurer, Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Felix Stief, Orthopedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Category

Methods / Statistics

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

In children and adolescent with valgus malalignment the loading is shifted to the lateral compartment. The aim of this study was to investigate the numerical linear relationship between knee joint moments and medial and lateral knee contact forces in children and adolescents with frontal plane malalignment and typically developed controls. In the 2^nd half of stance a significant medium linear relationship was found between the knee adduction moment and the medial and lateral knee contact forces. These results lead to the assumption that the loading in the knee joint in children and adolescent should be analyzed by calculating knee contact forces rather than knee joint moments.

Recommended Citation

Holder, Jana; Meurer, Andrea; and Stief, Felix (2020) "STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF THE KNEE CONTACT FORCES AND KNEE JOINT MOMENTS TO EVALUATE THE LOADING IN THE KNEE WITH FRONTAL PLANE MALALIGNMENT DURING WALKING," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 38: Iss. 1, Article 204.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol38/iss1/204