Posterolateral corner injuries of the knee

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-114

  Frank, Joshua B ^d   Youm, Thomas ^d   Meislin, Robert J ^a,b   Rokito, Andrew S ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Shoulder and Elbow and Sports Medicine Services

^c NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^d NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE EXTERNAL ROTATION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE POSTERIOR TRANSLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTEROLATERAL KNEE INJURY; PREVENTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; STRENGTHENING EXERCISE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARUS DEFORMITY; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; ROTATION;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROTATION;

EID: 34548408593     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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