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Kinematics of the Natural and Replaced Knee

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Total Knee Arthroplasty

Abstract

The human knee comprises two articulating joints: the tibiofemoral joint and the patellofemoral joint, and a complex soft tissue envelope (Fig. 2.1). It has evolved to meet our current locomotion needs over millions of years, and is relatively unique within the mammalian world [1–4]. Few mammals can stand fully extended on their hind legs and even fewer can walk in a bipedal stance allowing the body to rotate around the extended knee [5]. In contrast to other mammals, the human knee has, therefore, evolved to withstand the large lateral quadriceps forces required to achieve this motion. This, alongside many other evolutionary developments, has resulted in the complex structure we term the human knee.

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