Balancing the Posterior Cruciate Ligament During Cruciate-Retaining Fixed and Mobile-Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty. Description of the Pull-Out Lift-Off and Slide-Back Tests

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 605-608

  Scott, Richard D ^a   Chmell, Michael J ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Rockford Orthopedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

balancing; knee arthroplasty; posterior cruciate ligament; tension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LAXITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TENSION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE PROSTHESIS; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 44349134398     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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