The Posteromedial Corner of the Knee: Medial-Sided Injury Patterns Revisited

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 337-345

  Sims, William F ^a   Jacobson, Kurt E ^a,b  

^a HUGHSTON CLINIC   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial collateral ligament; Medial knee injury; Posterior oblique ligament; Posteromedial knee injury

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMUR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LEG MOVEMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TIBIA;

BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1242271306     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503261738     Document Type: Review

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