Graft orientation influences the knee flexion moment during walking in patients with Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2173-2178

  Scanlan, Sean F ^a,b   Blazek, Katerina ^a   Chaudhari, Ajit M W ^c   Safran, Marc R ^a   Andriacchi, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Palo Alto University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Graft angle; Knee kinetics; Reconstruction; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TISSUE GRAFT; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649112997     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509339574     Document Type: Article

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