The distal semimembranosus complex: Normal MR anatomy, variants, biomechanics and pathology

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 435-445

  Beltran, Javier ^a   Matityahu, Amir ^a   Hwang, Ki ^a   Jbara, Marlena ^a   Maimon, Ron ^a   Padron, Mario ^b   Mota, Javier ^c   Beltran, Luis ^d   Sundaram, Murali ^e  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ICUA Clínica CEMTRO   (Spain)

^c Institut Clinica Corachan   (Spain)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee; MRI; Normal anatomy; Semimembranosus tendon; Tendon tear

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AVULSION FRACTURE; AVULSION INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; BURSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 0042976184     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0641-1     Document Type: Review

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