An anatomical study of the meniscofibular ligament

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 429-433

  Bozkurt, Murat ^a,b   Elhan, Alaittin ^c   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^c   Tönük, Ergin ^d  

^a Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology   (Turkey)

^b Ankara University ^*  (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fibular rotation; Meniscofibular ligament; Proximal tibiofibular joint

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTION; FIBULA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; LEG MUSCLE; LIQUID; MENISCOFIBULAR LIGAMENT; MICROSCOPY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENDON; TIBIA; HISTOLOGY; LIGAMENT;

CADAVER; FIBULA; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

EID: 16644400701     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0450-z     Document Type: Article

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