Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and physiological joint laxity: Earliest changes in joint stability and stiffness after reconstruction

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-196

  Matsumoto, Hideo ^a   Toyoda, Takashi ^a   Kawakubo, Makoto ^a   Otani, Toshiro ^a   Suda, Yasunori ^a   Fujikawa, Kyosuke ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Laxity ACL reconstruction and joint laxity; Reconstruction; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032990880     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760050093     Document Type: Article

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