Dynamic instability during stair descent in isolated PCL-deficient knees: What affects abnormal posterior translation of the tibia in PCL-deficient knees?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 705-711

  Iwata, Shinichiro ^a   Suda, Yasunori ^a   Nagura, Takeo ^a   Matsumoto, Hideo ^a   Otani, Toshiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic instability; Fluoroscopy; Knee biomechanics; PCL deficient knees; Stair descent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GAIT; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TIBIA;

EID: 34250346175     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0270-z     Document Type: Article

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