Effect of posterior cruciate ligament deficiency on in vivo translation and rotation of the knee during weightbearing flexion

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 474-479

  Li, Guoan ^a,e   Papannagari, Ramprasad ^a   Li, Meng ^a,b   Bingham, Jeffrey ^a,c   Nha, Kyung W ^a,d   Allred, Dain ^a   Gill, Thomas ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

^e Bioengineering Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo knee kinematics; PCL injury; PCL reconstruction; Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ROTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 39149120839     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507310075     Document Type: Article

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