Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 204-208 , February 2010

Frontal plane alignment: An imageless method to predict the mechanical femoral–tibial angle (mFTA) based on functional determination of joint centres and axes

  • Evgenios I. Kornaropoulos

      Affiliations

    • Julius Wolff Institut and Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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  • William R. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Julius Wolff Institut and Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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  • Georg N. Duda

      Affiliations

    • Julius Wolff Institut and Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 30 450 559079; fax: +49 30 450 559969.
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  • Rainald M. Ehrig

      Affiliations

    • Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Takustr. 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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  • Georg Matziolis

      Affiliations

    • Julius Wolff Institut and Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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  • Michael Müller

      Affiliations

    • Julius Wolff Institut and Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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  • Georgi Wassilew

      Affiliations

    • Julius Wolff Institut and Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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  • Patrick Asbach

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Radiologie und Klinik für Strahlenheilkunde, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10098 Berlin, Germany
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  • Carsten Perka

      Affiliations

    • Julius Wolff Institut and Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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  • Markus O. Heller

      Affiliations

    • Julius Wolff Institut and Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany

Received 30 April 2009 ,Revised 9 October 2009 ,Accepted 16 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.006

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 204-208 , February 2010

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