In vitro study of inter-individual variation in posterior slope in the knee joint

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 488-492

  de Boer, Johannes J ^a,b   Blankevoort, Leendert ^a   Kingma, Idsart ^c   Vorster, Willie ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Biomedical Sciences   (South Africa)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACL rupture; Gender; Knee; Posterior slope; Tibia; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ACL RUPTURE; GENDER; KNEE; POSTERIOR SLOPE; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LIGAMENTS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 67349094609     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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