Stress radiography and posterior pathological laxity of knee: Comparison between two different techniques

Knee

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-255

  Garofalo, Raffaele ^a,b   Fanelli, Gregory C ^c   Cikes, Alec ^b   N'Dele, Daniel ^b   Kombot, Cyril ^b   Mariani, Pier Paolo ^d   Mouhsine, Elyazid ^b  

^a MIULLI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kneeling view; Posterior cruciate ligament; Stress radiography; Telos stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEELING VIEW RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS RADIOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; TELOS STRESS RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; POSTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349161063     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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