Biomechanical Comparison of Tibial Inlay Versus Transtibial Techniques for Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Analysis of Knee Kinematics and Graft In Situ Forces

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 587-593

  Margheritini, Fabrizio ^a   Mauro, Craig S ^a   Rihn, Jeffrey A ^a   Stabile, Kathryne J ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL); Tibial inlay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 1942471052     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503261717     Document Type: Article

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