A COMPARISON AND REVIEW FOR MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTING OR FITTING TECHNIQUES TO ARTICULATING SURFACES AT THE HUMAN KNEE JOINT

The mathematical representing or fitting articular surface of the human knee joint based on the experimental measurements is very important for biomechanical studies and clinic rehabilitation engineering. But, so far this work still maintains a challenge due to the human knee joint exhibits a complicated surface geometry. In this paper, based on the literatures [1-17], a review and comparison on the techniques of the articular surface representing or fitting at the human knee joint are presented.

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