Anterior cruciate ligament deficiency alters the in vivo motion of the tibiofemoral cartilage contact points in both the anteroposterior and mediolateral directions

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1826-1834

  Li, Guoan ^a   Moses, Jeremy M ^a   Papannagari, Ramprasad ^a   Pathare, Neil P ^a   DeFrate, Louis E ^a   Gill, Thomas J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT POINT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33746876755     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00539     Document Type: Article

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