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Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Assessment of Knee Ligament Ruptures

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The complex biomechanics of the human knee joint are the result of an equilibrium of forces exerted by its surrounding soft tissue structures. When one of these forces is removed, as is the case when a ligament ruptures, a redistribution of forces occurs and the biomechanical properties of the knee are altered. One of the most frequently diagnosed knee ligament ruptures is that of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Such a rupture causes increased laxity of the knee joint as well as a complex rotational and translational instability whereby many patients describe a feeling that their knee is slipping, or “giving way.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the participation of the clinicians in the different studies presented in this chapter: Dr Tim Heron and Dr Véronique Godbout, University hospital of University of Montreal, Dr Patrick Lavigne, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Dr Guy Grimard, Ste-Justine Hospital, Dr Pierre Ranger and Dr Julio Fernandes, Sacré-Coeur Hospital and Dr David Baillargeon, Cité de la santé, Montréal.

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  3. Génie de la Production Automatisée, École de Technologie Supérieure et CRCHUM, Montreal, QC, Canada

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Labbe, D.R., Fuentes, A., de Guise, J.A., Aissaoui, R., Hagemeister, N. (2016). Three-Dimensional Biomechanical Assessment of Knee Ligament Ruptures. In: Poitout, D. (eds) Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-664-9_39

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