Gapping phenomenon of longitudinal meniscal tears

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 505-510

  Dürselen, Lutz ^a   Hebisch, Alexander ^a   Claes, Lutz E ^a   Bauer, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SPORTKLINIK STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gapping; Meniscal fixation implants; Meniscal repair; Meniscal tear; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); STIFFNESS;

GAPPING PHENOMENON;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0038048454     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(03)00057-3     Document Type: Article

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