Measuring patellar height using the lateral active flexion radiograph: Effect of total knee implant design

Knee

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-151

  Brilhault, Jean ^a,b   Ries, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baja; Flexion; Infera; Kinematics; Patella; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATELLA; POSITION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA TUBEROSITY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VARUS DEFORMITY;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PATELLA; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 75149174164     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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