A WEIGHTED OBJECTIVE FUNCTION REDUCES ESTIMATES OF MEDIAL AND LATERAL KNEE JOINT CONTACT LOADS DURING GAIT

摘要

Accurate prediction of knee joint contact loading during gait is important for understanding knee pathology and development of suitable clinical interventions. While many researchers have modeled the knee contact loads during level walking, these predictions have ranged from 3.4 [1] to 7 [2] times body weight. Validation of contact loads is difficu the joint contact load depends not only on readily obtainable external kinematics and reaction forces, but also on the forces generated by muscle and other soft tissues.