Knee joint biomechanics: Relevance to imaging

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-58

  Robertson, Douglas D ^a,b,c   Debski, Richard E ^b,c   Almusa, Emad ^b   Armfield, Derek R ^b   Stone, David A ^b   Walker, Peter S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; CT; Knee; Ligaments; Menisci; MRI; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT CAPSULE; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; LIGAMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; TRAINING;

BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0037560117     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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