Reliability testing of a new device to measure tibial rotation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 920-926

  Lorbach, Olaf ^a,b   Wilmes, P ^a,b   Theisen, D ^d   Brockmeyer, M ^a   Maas, S ^c   Kohn, D ^a   Seil, R ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Centre Hospitalier   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

ACL; Knee laxity; Measurement device; Rotational stability; Tibial rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; TIBIA; TORQUE;

ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; TIBIA; TORQUE;

EID: 70349764061     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0772-6     Document Type: Article

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