Technical errors during medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction could overload medial patellofemoral cartilage: A computational analysis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1478-1485

  Elias, John J ^a,c   Cosgarea, Andrew J ^b  

^a Medical Education and Research Institute of Colorado   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Dislocation; Medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL); Patella; Pressure; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CARTILAGE; HAMSTRING; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE PAIN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLOFEMORAL CARTILAGE; PATELLOFEMORAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON GRAFT;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KNEE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33747312586     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506287486     Document Type: Article

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