Measurement of Posterior Tibial Translation in the Posterior Cruciate Ligament-Reconstructed Knee. Significance of the Shift in the Reference Position

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 843-848

  Ma, C Benjamin ^a   Kanamori, Akihiro ^a   Vogrin, Tracy M ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0344064851     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465030310061901     Document Type: Article

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