Knee extension and flexion: MR delineation of normal and torn anterior cruciate ligaments

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 322-327

  Niitsu, Mamoru ^a   Ikeda, Kotaroh ^a   Fukubayashi, Tohru ^a   Anno, Izumi ^a   Itai, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee, ligaments; Ligaments, anterior cruciate; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FLEXIBLE SURFACES; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FLEXIONS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE LIGAMENTS; KNEE-BRACES; LIGAMENT, ANTERIOR CRUCIATE; MR-IMAGES; SURFACE COILS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029923225     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199603000-00030     Document Type: Article

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