Fast Algorithms for the Simulation of Human Knee Joint Motion

Author(s):  
Corinna Klapproth ◽  
Anton Schiela ◽  
Peter Deuflhard
Author(s):  
A M J Bull ◽  
F H Berkshire ◽  
A A Amis

The aims of this study were to analyse the accuracy and sensitivity to metals of an electromagnetic motion measurement device and to use it to provide a description of motion of the human knee joint. A calibrated grid and sine bar were used to measure translational and rotational accuracy, which were found to be ±0.23 per cent of the step size (translation) and ±2.0 per cent of the step size (rotation) within an optimal operational zone of minimal positional error for which the receiver to transmitter separation was between 271 and 723 mm. The presence of multiple receivers was found to have a significant effect on the accuracy only when positioned within 30 mm of one another. Mild steel was found to have a significant detrimental effect when within 150 mm of the transmitter or receiver. A stainless steel bone screw had no effect on the accuracy of the device. A mathematical description of knee joint motion is presented which describes the motion in terms of clinical rotations. The device is a useful tool for measuring joint motion in the operating theatre and laboratory, owing to its accuracy and insensitivity to surgical alloys.


1985 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 529-530
Author(s):  
L. Blankevoort ◽  
R. Huiskes ◽  
A. de Lange

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
V. Musalimov ◽  
Y. Monahov ◽  
M. Tamre ◽  
D. Rõbak ◽  
A. Sivitski ◽  
...  

AbstractThe article discusses motion of a healthy knee joint in the sagittal plane and motion of an injured knee joint supported by an active orthosis. A kinematic scheme of a mechanism for the simulation of a knee joint motion is developed and motion of healthy and injured knee joints are modelled in Matlab. Angles between links, which simulate the femur and tibia are controlled by Simulink block of Model predictive control (MPC). The results of simulation have been compared with several samples of real motion of the human knee joint obtained from motion capture systems. On the basis of these analyses and also of the analysis of the forces in human lower limbs created at motion, an active smart orthosis is developed. The orthosis design was optimized to achieve an energy saving system with sufficient anatomy, necessary reliability, easy exploitation and low cost. With the orthosis it is possible to unload the knee joint, and also partially or fully compensate muscle forces required for the bending of the lower limb.


Biomimetics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Yonghong Zhang ◽  
Erliang Wang ◽  
Miao Wang ◽  
Sizhe Liu ◽  
Wenjie Ge

Whether the lower limb prosthesis can better meet the needs of amputees, the biomimetic performance of the knee joint is particularly important. In this paper, Nokov(metric) optical 3D motion capture system was used to collect motion data of normal human lower limbs, and the motion instantaneous center of multi-gait knee joint was obtained. Taking the error of knee joint motion instantaneous center line as the objective function, a set of six-bar mechanism prosthetic knee joint was designed based on a genetic algorithm. The experimental results show that the movement trajectory of the instantaneous center of the knee joint is basically similar to that of the human knee joint, so it can help amputees complete a variety of gaits and has good biomimetic performance. Gait acquisition technology can provide important data for prosthetic designers and it will be widely used in prosthetic design and other fields.


2018 ◽  
Vol 00 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
Enas Y. Abdullah ◽  
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Naktal Moid Edan ◽  
Athraa N. Kadhim ◽  
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The Knee ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 385-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berry Cleffken ◽  
Gerard van Breukelen ◽  
Peter Brink ◽  
Henk van Mameren ◽  
Steven Olde Damink

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