Biomechanical effects of patellar positioning on intraoperative knee joint gap measurement in total knee arthroplasty

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-358

  Gejo, Ryuichi ^a,b,c   McGarry, Michelle H ^a,b   Jun, Bong Jae ^a,b   Hofer, Jason K ^a,b   Kimura, Tomoatsu ^c   Lee, Thay Q ^a,b  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Joint gap; Patella eversion; Quadriceps; TKA

Indexed keywords

ARTHROTOMY; BIOMECHANICAL EFFECTS; DIGITIZERS; EXTERNAL ROTATION; FEMORAL COMPONENT; INTRA-OPERATIVE; JOINT GAP; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FLEXIONS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE TESTING; LATERAL JOINTS; MUSCLE LOAD; MUSCLE LOADING; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; SHIFT-AND; SOFT TISSUE; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

BIOMECHANICS; LIGAMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); MUSCLE; REPAIR; SURGERY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

AGED; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEMATICS; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE JOINT GAP MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT; PATELLA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MOTION; PATELLA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949569966     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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