The anatomy and biomechanics of the medial structures of the knee

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 134-140

  Satterwhite, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a Kentucky Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep medial capsular ligament; Medial collateral ligament; Posteriomedial corner; Posterior oblique ligament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009614232     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-1872(96)80040-2     Document Type: Article

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