A systematic review of the femoral origin and tibial insertion morphology of the ACL

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Kopf, Sebastian ^a   Musahl, Volker ^a   Tashman, Scott ^a   Szczodry, Michal ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Fu, Freddie H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Attachment; Insertion site; Size

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA;

EID: 65049091744     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0709-5     Document Type: Article

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