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Scientists have developed gait alteration strategies to reduce the KAM. They attempted to force into a new position any particular part without reference to the pattern of the whole. We propose an alternative approach: in the vicinity of a special configuration of the knee, some or all of the components of the knee become overloaded. This study has shown that when six lines $1\u2032,$2\u2032,$3\u2032,$4\u2032,$5\u2032,$6\u2032 are so situated that forces acting along them equilibrate when applied to one degree of freedom, 1\u00b0 F knee, a certain determinant vanishes. 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