Posterolateral structures of the knee in posterior cruciate ligament deficiency

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 534-541

  Kozanek, Michal ^a   Fu, Eric C ^a   Van De Velde, Samuel K ^a   Gill, Thomas J ^a   Li, Guoan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral collateral ligament popliteus; PCL injury; Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL); Posterolateral knee structures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LABORATORY; LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPLITEUS; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING; ADOLESCENT; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 67049167804     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508325664     Document Type: Article

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