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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 64-B, Issue 3 | Pages 336 - 339
1 Jun 1982
Struben P

The suggestion that the knee behaves like a closed kinematic chain has been tested experimentally. The tibial joint surfaces were replaced by a deformable material and new surfaces were moulded by flexion and extension of the knee. The results support the closed kinematic chain theory; the newly moulded joint surfaces strikingly resemble the original joint surfaces. Inferences are drawn to explain why a fracture of the tibial condyle will remould with early mobilisation of the knee; why a jerk is elicited in tests for anterolateral instability; and why a flexion-compression force alone is unlikely to damage the menisci.