Soft tissue balance measurement in anterior cruciate ligament-resected knee joint: Cadaveric study as a model for cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-153

  Tanaka, Koichi ^a   Muratsu, Hirotsugu ^a   Mizuno, Kiyonori ^a   Kuroda, Ryosuke ^a   Yoshiya, Shinichi ^b   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; SOFT TISSUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 34248224587     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-006-1108-8     Document Type: Article

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