The relationship between grading and instrumented measurements of anterior knee joint laxity

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Hurley, Wendy L ^a   Denegar, Craig ^b   Buckley, William E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgments; KT1000; Lachman test

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749107523     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.17.1.60     Document Type: Article

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