Development of a simple device for measurement of rotational knee laxity

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1009-1012

  Musahl, Volker ^a   Bell, Kevin M ^a   Tsai, Andrew G ^a   Costic, Ryan S ^a   Allaire, Robert ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a   Irrgang, James J ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Device; Electromagnetic tracking; Knee; Laxity; Rotation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIBIA; TORQUE;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA; TORQUE;

EID: 34547733392     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0317-9     Document Type: Article

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