Stress radiography for quantifying posterior cruciate ligament deficiency

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 706-711

  Margheritini, Fabrizio ^a   Mancini, Luca ^b   Mauro, Craig S ^c   Mariani, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b Lab of Arthroscopy and Jt Surgery   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrometer; Posterior cruciate ligament; Stress radiographs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISLOCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

EID: 0043192659     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(03)00399-2     Document Type: Article

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