Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 553-557 , June 2009

The importance of position and path repeatability on force at the knee during six-DOF joint motion

  • Shon P. Darcy

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Center, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 405 Center for Bioengineering, 300 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, United States
    • McCaig Centre for Joint and Arthritis Research, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    • ,
  • Jorge E. Gil

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Center, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 405 Center for Bioengineering, 300 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, United States
    • ,
  • Savio L-Y. Woo

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Center, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 405 Center for Bioengineering, 300 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, United States
    • ,
  • Richard E. Debski

      Affiliations

    • Musculoskeletal Research Center, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, 405 Center for Bioengineering, 300 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 412 648 1638; fax: +1 412 648 2001.

Received 23 January 2008 ,Revised 3 November 2008 ,Accepted 7 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.001

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 553-557 , June 2009

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