Does axial limb rotation affect the alignment measurements in deformed limbs?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 371, Issue , 2000, Pages 246-252

  Swanson, Kyle E ^a   Stocks, Gregory W ^a,d   Warren, Paul D ^b   Hazel, Mark R ^c   Janssen, Herbert F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Jordan Young Institute   (United States)

^c Brevard Orthopaedics   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIMB DEFORMITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROTATION; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0033950471     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200002000-00029     Document Type: Article

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