Clinical disability in posterior cruciate ligament deficient patients does not relate to knee laxity, but relates to dynamic knee function during stair descending

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-265

  Iwata, Shinichiro ^a   Suda, Yasunori ^a   Nagura, Takeo ^a   Matsumoto, Hideo ^a   Otani, Toshiro ^a   Andriacchi, Thomas P ^b   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical symptom; Knee mechanics; Motion analysis; Posterior cruciate ligament; Stair descending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847620191     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0183-x     Document Type: Article

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