Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , 4 January 2011

Objective grading of the pivot shift phenomenon using a support vector machine approach

  • David R. Labbe

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de recherche en imagerie et orthopédie, Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Canada
    • École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Laboratoire de recherche en imagerie et orthopédie, Centre de recherché, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)—Hôpital Notre-Dame, Pavillon J.A. de Sève, 1st Floor, Room Y-1614, 1560 rue Sherbrooke est, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2L 4M1. Tel.: +1514890800028723; fax: +15144127785.
    • ,
  • Jacques A. de Guise

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de recherche en imagerie et orthopédie, Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Canada
    • École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Neila Mezghani

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de recherche en imagerie et orthopédie, Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Véronique Godbout

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Guy Grimard

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • David Baillargeon

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé, Laval, Canada
    • ,
  • Patrick Lavigne

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Julio Fernandes

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Pierre Ranger

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Nicola Hagemeister

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de recherche en imagerie et orthopédie, Centre de recherche, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Canada
    • École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, Canada

,Accepted 11 August 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.012

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 44, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , 4 January 2011

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