ACL reconstruction and the implication of its tibial attachment for stability of the joint: Anthropometric and biomechanical study

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-470

  Papachristou, George ^a,b   Sourlas, John ^a   Magnissalis, Evangelos ^a   Plessas, Spyros ^a   Papachristou, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION; TIBIA;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA;

EID: 34547117355     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0213-9     Document Type: Article

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