Opening wedge high tibial osteotomy affects both the lateral patellar tilt and patellar height

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 955-960

  Bito, Haruhiko ^a   Takeuchi, Ryohei ^a   Kumagai, Ken ^a   Aratake, Masato ^a   Saito, Izumi ^a   Hayashi, Riku ^a   Sasaki, Yohei ^a   Saito, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lateral patellar shift; Lateral patellar tilt; Opening wedge high tibial osteotomy; Patellofemoral joint; Radiographic study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA; SURGERY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77953913500     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1077-5     Document Type: Article

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