Rotational knee laxity: Reliability of a simple measurement device in vivo

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tsai, Andrew G ^a   Musahl, Volker ^a   Steckel, Hanno ^a   Bell, Kevin M ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a   Irrgang, James J ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROMETER; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT LAXITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMUR; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETICS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; TIBIA; TORQUE;

EID: 42249112478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-35     Document Type: Article

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