Universitá Degli Studi Di Padova

Zimi Sawacha

Claudio Cobelli

Davide Pavan

Giorgio Sbrocco

Annamaria Guiotto

Federica Cibin

Fabiola Spolaor

Method for detecting biomechanical and functional parameters of the knee in a situation of performance stress, which comprises: a step for the set up of video recording means (); a step for the set up of multiple optical markers () at specific landmark anatomic points (PA) of the foot and of the knee of a person; a step for the set up, at the plantar surface of the foot, of baropodometric means (); a step for the acquisition, by means of the video recording means (), of images of at least one reference action, and a step for the detection, by means of the baropodometric means (), of baropodometric parameters; a step for calculating, from the baropodometric parameters, the coordinates of the center of pressure (COP) of the foot and of the constraining reaction force (FV) acting on the foot; a step for calculating a force arm (BF) given by the distance between the center of pressure (COP) and a reference point (PR) of the knee; a step for calculating a biomechanical parameter indicative of the valgus moment, derived from the vector product (PV) of the force arm (BF) and the constraining reaction force (FV).

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