Gender differences in knee kinematics and its possible consequences

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-260

  Biščević, Mirza ^a,e   Tomić, Davor ^b   Starc, Vito ^c   Smrke, Dragica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b BS Telecom   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e NONE   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 18844393672     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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