Inherent differences in the laxity and stability between the intact knee and total knee replacements

Knee

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Luger, Elchanan ^b   Sathasivam, Shivani ^a   Walker, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cadaveric knees; Knee laxity; Knee simulator; Prosthetic knees; Soft tissue restraint; Total knee replacement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FORCE; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIMULATOR; SOFT TISSUE; SUBLUXATION; TIBIA; TORQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0031105517     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(96)00224-4     Document Type: Article

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