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TITLE : BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION OF DEGREE OF FREEDOM OF MOVEMENTS OF AN NOVEL HIGH FLEXION KNEE FOR ITS SUITABILITY IN EASTERN LIFESTYLES  
AUTHORS : Sudesh Sivarasu      Lazar Mathew            
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.18000/ijabeg.10043  
ABSTRACT :

The total knee arthroplasty is the end stage surgical procedure for pain relief in degenerative diseases like arthritis. There are many models, which had been designed so far in 5 to 6 decades of arthroplasty history. This research has helped in designing an artificial high flexion knee, which emphasizes the high flexion- extension range of over 125 degrees which would provide the comfort of squatting even after the Total Knee Replacement [TKR].The paper discusses the usage of this novel design in the day to activities of the people in the eastern world. The standard flexion extension level of an normal knee is taken and the same is verified on the new design artificial knee and the design is validated. The modelling of the knee was done with SOLIDWORKS and the contact-motion analyses were done using AdamsView and Jack simulation tools. The results have been satisfactory and the models have proved to provide the comfort of partial squatting.

KEYWORDS: Artificial High Flexion Knee, Simulation, Squatting, Joint movement Analysis

 
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