Can Patellar Tendon Angle reveal sagittal kinematics in total knee arthroplasty?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 949-954

  Stagni, R ^a   Fantozzi, S ^a   Catani, F ^b   Leardini, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Joint function; Knee kinematics; Patellar tendon; Total knee arthroplasty; X rays

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77953912268     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1075-7     Document Type: Article

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