Does the fabella contribute to the reinforcement of the posterolateral corner of the knee by inducing the development of associated ligaments?

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-65

  Minowa, Takeshi ^a   Murakami, Gen ^a   Kura, Hideji ^a   Suzuki, Daisuke ^a   Han, Seung Ho ^b   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arcuate ligament; Fabella; Fabellofibular ligament; Knee joint; Popliteus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS;

EID: 1042291245     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0739-2     Document Type: Article

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