Morphology of the tibial insertion of the posterior cruciate ligament

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 859-866

  Tajima, Goro ^a   Nozaki, Masahiro ^b   Iriuchishima, Takanori ^c   Ingham, Sheila J M ^d   Shen, Wei ^d   Smolinski, Patrick ^d   Fu, Freddie H ^d  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; LASER; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TIBIA;

EID: 65349182316     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00991     Document Type: Article

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