Lower Limb Anatomy and Alignment Affect Natural Tibiofemoral Knee Kinematics: A Cadaveric Investigation

摘要

Background: During flexion, normal knee kinematics consists of a complex combination of rolling, gliding, and rotation between femur and tibia. Although in vivo studies have shown wide interindividual variability, we hypothesized that knee kinematics is either correlated to the anatomy of the individual knee joint or to the anatomic alignment of the entire lower extremity.