Reliability of stress radiography for evaluation of posterior knee laxity

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 502-506

  Schulz, Martin S ^a,c   Russe, Kai ^b   Lampakis, Georgios ^a   Strobel, Michael J ^a  

^a Orthopaedische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c Orthopaed Gemeinschaftspraxis S   (Germany)

Author keywords

Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL); Posterior tibial displacement; Reliability; Stress radiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 15744367950     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504269723     Document Type: Article

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