Posterior cruciate ligament injuries of the knee joint

Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 429-441

  Janousek, Andreas T ^a   Jones, Deryk G ^a   Clatworthy, Mark ^a   Higgins, Laurence D ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCE; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOM; TIBIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033371588     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199928060-00005     Document Type: Review

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