Measurement and comparison of the difference in normal medial and lateral knee joint opening

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1238-1244

  Yoo, Jae Chul ^a   Ahn, Jin Hwan ^a   Sung, Ki Sun ^a   Wang, Joon Ho ^b   Lee, Seok Hyun ^c   Bae, Sang Wook ^d   Ahn, Young Ju ^d  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Functional knee laxity; Knee instability; Knee joint; Lateral and medial joint space opening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33751298511     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0095-9     Document Type: Article

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