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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 717546, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/717546
Research Article

In Vivo Healthy Knee Kinematics during Dynamic Full Flexion

Satoshi Hamai,1,2 Taka-aki Moro-oka,1,2 Nicholas J. Dunbar,1 Hiromasa Miura,3 Yukihide Iwamoto,2 and Scott A. Banks1

1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 231 MAE-A Building, P.O. Box 116250, Gainesville, FL 32611-6250, USA
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
3Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ehime University, 10-13 Dogo-himata, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan

Received 11 September 2012; Accepted 25 October 2012

Academic Editor: José M. Vilar

Copyright © 2013 Satoshi Hamai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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