A biomechanical analysis of two reconstructive approaches to the posterolateral corner of the knee

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 312-317

  Kanamori, Akihiro ^a   Lee, J Mi ^a   Haemmerle, Marcus J ^a   Vogrin, Tracy M ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee biomechanics; Knee ligaments; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posterolateral comer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ROBOTICS; ROTATION; SENSOR; TENDON SURGERY; TIBIA; TISSUE GRAFT; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 1342301441     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0379-2     Document Type: Article

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