The effect of femoral attachment location on anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Graft tension patterns and restoration of normal anterior-posterior laxity patterns

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 92-100

  Zavras, T Dionyssios ^a   Race, Amos ^a   Amis, Andrew A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACL; Anterior posterior laxity; Attachment site; Graft tension; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; FEMUR; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 16344381753     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0541-5     Document Type: Article

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