A new mechanical testing device for measuring anteroposterior knee laxity

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1731-1735

  Schuster, Andreas J ^a,d   McNicholas, Mike J ^b   Wachtl, Stefan W ^a   McGurty, Douglas W ^c   Jakob, Roland P ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Hôpital Cantonal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Anterior drawer test; KT 1000 arthrometer; KT 2000 arthrometer; Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL); Rolimeter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 6344241949     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504267050     Document Type: Article

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