Stiffness of soft tissue complex in total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-55

  Asano, Hiroshi ^a,d   Muneta, Takeshi ^b   Hoshino, Akiho ^c  

^a Minato Redcross Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kawaguchi Kohgyo General Hospital   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Knee; Soft tissue; Stiffness; Tension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TORQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TORQUE; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 38148999479     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0387-8     Document Type: Article

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