Tibial rotation in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-deficient and ACL-reconstructed knees: A theoretical proposition for the development of osteoarthritis

Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 601-613

  Stergiou, Nicholas ^a   Ristanis, Stavros ^b   Moraiti, Constantina ^b   Georgoulis, Anastasios D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE GRAFT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GAIT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA TENDON; REVIEW; ROTATION; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIBIA; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA;

EID: 34347380707     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737070-00004     Document Type: Review

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