Where should the femoral tunnel of a posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction be placed to best restore anteroposterior laxity and ligament forces?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 604-611

  Markolf, Keith L ^a,b   Feeley, Brian T ^a   Jackson, Steven R ^a   McAllister, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee ligament biomechanics; PCL graft forces; PCL reconstruction; Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC CEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FEMUR; FORCE; FROZEN SECTION; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT LOADING TEST; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PLASTER CAST; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIBIA;

EID: 33645083726     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505281809     Document Type: Article

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