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The effect of tibiofemoral loading on proximal tibiofibular joint motion*

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Anatomy, September 2007
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Title
The effect of tibiofemoral loading on proximal tibiofibular joint motion*
Published in
Journal of Anatomy, September 2007
DOI 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00803.x
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Authors

Jacob Scott, Ho Lee, Wael Barsoum, Antonie J. Van Den Bogert

Abstract

The human proximal tibiofibular joint (PTFJ) and its relationship to overall knee joint mechanics have been largely unexplored. This study describes force/displacement data from experiments done on four human cadaveric knee specimens and general conclusions obtained with the help of a statistical modeling technique. Specimens were rigidly affixed at the tibia to a force plate and the femur was attached to a custom made device allowing for manual load application. Motion of the fibular head was tracked relative to the tibial plateau by means of reflective markers and a high speed digital camera synchronized with the force plate data stream. Each specimen was subjected to a range of loading conditions and a quadratic regression model was created and then used to predict the specimen's response to standardized loading conditions and compare these across specimens. Statistical analysis was performed with a three-factor analysis of variance with repeated measures. Proximal tibiofibular joint motion was largest in the anterior-posterior direction with translations of 1-3 mm observed during a range of physiological loading conditions. The applied internal-external rotation moment had a significant effect on proximal tibiofibular joint translation (P < 0.05). Effects of varus-valgus loading and flexion angle were seen in some specimens. This study demonstrates that substantial proximal tibiofibular joint motion can occur in physiologic loading states. Preservation of proximal tibiofibular joint function, and anatomical variations which affect this function, may need to be considered when designing surgical procedures for the knee joint.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Belgium 1 2%
Unknown 44 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 17%
Researcher 8 17%
Student > Postgraduate 5 11%
Student > Master 5 11%
Professor 4 9%
Other 11 24%
Unknown 5 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 28%
Engineering 8 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 9%
Arts and Humanities 2 4%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 10 22%
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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 February 2017.
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#8,262,107
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#1,053
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#28,437
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Anatomy
#8
of 17 outputs
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