Numerical Simulation of Ligament Force in Pitching Motion

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The knee joint is a vulnerable joint that is easily injured. This is due in part to the fact that the joint is in the middle of two long lever-arms, the femur and the tibia. This makes the knee ligaments prone to injury from any strong contact to the knee, or sometimes even from just the force of the body moving through space with a hard muscle contraction. Simulation of ligament force in pitching motion of basketball player is studied in this paper.

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