The transepicondylar axis approximates the optimal flexion axis of the knee

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 356, Issue , 1998, Pages 111-118

  Churchill, David L ^a   Incavo, Stephen J ^a   Johnson, Christopher C ^a   Beynnon, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

EID: 0032418242     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199811000-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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