The biomechanical effect of posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on knee joint function: Kinematic response to simulated muscle loads

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-536

  Gill, Thomas J ^a   DeFrate, Louis E ^b   Wang, Conrad ^a   Carey, Christopher T ^a   Zayontz, Shay ^a   Zarins, Bertram ^a   Li, Guoan ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Bioengineering Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEMATICS; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LOADING TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; SENSOR; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA;

EID: 0038795013     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465030310040901     Document Type: Article

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