Changes in Knee Laxity and Ligament Force After Sectioning the Posteromedial Bundle of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1100-1106

  Markolf, Keith L ^a   Feeley, Brian T ^a   Tejwani, Samir G ^a   Martin, Daniel E ^a   McAllister, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee biomechanics; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posteromedial bundle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33749262114     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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