Medial knee injury: Part 1, static function of the individual components of the main medial knee structures

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1762-1770

  Griffith, Chad J ^a   LaPrade, Robert F ^a   Johansen, Steinar ^b   Armitage, Bryan ^a   Wijdicks, Coen ^a   Engebretsen, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deep medial collateral ligament; Dial test; Posterior oblique ligament; Sequential sectioning; Superficial medial collateral ligament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 70649099893     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509333852     Document Type: Article

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