Science Buddies: Deep Knee Bends: Measuring Knee Stress With a Mechanical Model

Prosthetic limbs and artificial joints can help people with disease or injury lead a normal life. Sports medicine or physical therapy is also an area that relates to this experiment. Either way, this project serves as a good match if any of these careers sound interesting to you. Find out how the tension on the knee joint changes as a function of angle by building a simple mechanical model.