Anatomy of normal human anterior cruciate ligament attachments evaluated by divided small bundles

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2386-2391

  Hara, Kenji ^a   Mochizuki, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Sekiya, Ichiro ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Kumiko ^b   Akita, Keiichi ^b   Muneta, Takeshi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterior cruciate ligament attachments; Double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Normal anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR; GREECE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TIBIA;

EID: 73249129297     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509340404     Document Type: Article

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