[A biomechanical model of human knee-joint elastic articulate contact]

In this paper, based on the characterizations of human knee-joint anatomical structures and reports of the literature and experiments, a biomechanical model of the human knee-joint elastic articulate contact is developed under the conditions of sampling the human knee-joints. This model is believed to be a powerful tool for functional analysis of the knee, for evaluation of surgical and diagnostic procedures and for design of artificial joints.