Importance of tibial slope for stability of the posterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1443-1449

  Giffin, J Robert ^a   Stabile, Kathryne J ^b   Zantop, Thore ^c   Vogrin, Tracy M ^d   Woo, Savio L Y ^e   Harner, Christopher D ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Knee; PCL; Tibial slope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; TIBIA; TIBIAL SLOPE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34548126167     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507304665     Document Type: Article

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