The role of the posterior oblique ligament in controlling posterior tibial translation in the posterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 495-501

  Petersen, Wolf ^a   Loerch, Svenja ^a   Schanz, Steffen ^a   Raschke, Michael ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associated injuries; Knee instability; Knee luxation; PCL rupture; Revision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEMATICS; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE POSTERIOR OBLIQUE LIGAMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSOR;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA;

EID: 39149108482     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507310077     Document Type: Article

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