Impact of measurement error in the analysis of bone tunnel enlargement after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1680-1687

  Webster, Kate E ^a   Chiu, James J ^a   Feller, Julian A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Bone tunnel enlargement; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BONE TUNNEL ENLARGEMENT; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRILL; ERROR; FEMUR; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27544505212     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505275489     Document Type: Article

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