Single-strand ligament reconstruction of the medial collateral ligament restores valgus elbow stability

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-71

  Armstrong, April D ^a   Dunning, Cynthia E ^a   Faber, Kenneth J ^a   Johnson, James A ^a   King, Graham J W ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LIGAMENT; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNA; VALGUS DEFORMITY; ELBOW; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036365842     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2002.120392     Document Type: Article

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