Anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament with regard to its two bundles

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 454, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-47

  Petersen, Wolf ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA;

EID: 33846091114     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31802b4a59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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