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Experimental analysis of surgically corrected knee joint
Author(s) -
Bedzinski R.,
Scigala K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
strain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1475-1305
pISSN - 0039-2103
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1305.1998.tb01103.x
Subject(s) - joint (building) , photoelasticity , knee joint , sagittal plane , coronal plane , orthodontics , materials science , structural engineering , anatomy , medicine , engineering , surgery , composite material , solid mechanics
Holographic interferometry, speckle photography and photoelasticity have been employed in the experimental investigations of the knee joint in four conditions ‐ anatomically normal joint, varus joint, joint after Coventry popliteal osteotomy and joint after correction made using a new variety of the Coventry procedure 1 . The studies included the investigations of the displacements of the bone in the sagittal plane, the displacements of points on the bone's surface in the frontal plane and the three dimensional state of stress. The obtained results show to what degree changes in the lower limb geometry affect the knee joint and in particular, its stability, functionality and the way in which it carries loads.