The effect of anteromedial facet fractures of the coronoid and lateral collateral ligament injury on elbow stability and kinematics

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1448-1458

  Pollock, J Whitcomb ^a   Brownhill, Jamie ^b   Ferreira, Louis ^b   McDonald, Colin P ^b   Johnson, James ^b   King, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONOID PROCESS FRACTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649882910     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00222     Document Type: Article

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