Title :
Biomechanical Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Elongations
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Sport & Exercise Sci., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to quantify anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) elongations by a biomechanical simulation model, which includes a marker based biomechanical model and a musculo-skeletal model. Kinematic data collected by a motion capture system was used as the input to the simulation model. The simulation results from a jump landing task were analyzed and compared with previous findings. Potential application of this model to rehabilitation and injury prevention was also discussed.
Keywords :
biomechanics; elongation; injuries; kinematics; muscle; patient rehabilitation; physiological models; sport; anterior cruciate ligament; biomechanical analysis; elongations; injury; jump landing; motion capture; musculo-skeletal model; rehabilitation; Analytical models; Biological system modeling; Capacitive sensors; Displacement measurement; Injuries; Kinematics; Knee; Ligaments; Musculoskeletal system; Pelvis;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2151-7614
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5518054
