Abstract: The purpose of this study is to present an analytical technique to evaluate the nonlinear, coupled stiffness characteristics of the human knee joint. In the present work, a model of the knee ...

Abstract: An analytical technique previously developed to evaluate the contribution of the ligaments to the nonlinear, coupled stiffness characteristics of the human knee joint [1] is extended here to ...

Abstract: A technique is demonstrated, employing an instrumented spatial linkage, for the determination of the length patterns of discrete fiber bundles within a ligament under controlled loading conditions. ...

Abstract: In the past ten years there has been increased use of six-degree-of-freedom instrumented spatial linkages for the measurement of biological joint motions. In spite of the increased popularity, ...

Abstract: Discretized surface strains for human tendon and fascia were photogrammetrically determined with high-speed cinematography and were displayed topographically using three-dimensional computer graphics. ...