Application of Computational Lower Extremity Model to Investigate Different Muscle Activities and Joint Force Patterns in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients during Walking
Figure 4
Knee extensor muscle forces for OA patients and asymptomatic subjects during a gait cycle, where the muscle forces were averaged in both groups and scaled to each muscle’s maximum isometric force (VINT, vastus intermedius; VLAT, vastus lateralis; VMED, vastus medialis; RF, rectus femoris).