Abstract
Several writers have been interested by the mechanics of the knee. Bouillet and Van Gaver (1961) and Debrunner and Seewald (1964) have studied its statics in the coronal plane; Shinno (1961, 1962, 1968 a, b) in the sagittal plane and Knese (1955) in both planes. Others have tried to determine the distribution of forces on the femoral condyles (Rabischong et al., 1970) or the surface of the femoro-tibial weight-bearing areas (Kettelkamp and Jacobs, 1972; Walker and Hajek, 1972). More detailed works have analysed the static and dynamic forces exerted on the knee during the gait (Morrison, 1968, 1970; Paul, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968). We shall review and analyse these papers.
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Maquet, P.G.J. (1976). Review of the Literature. In: Biomechanics of the Knee. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96360-5_2
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