Influence of the Anteromedial and Posterolateral Bundles of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament on External and Internal Tibiofemoral Rotation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 721-727

  Lorbach, Olaf ^a,b   Pape, DIetrich ^c   Maas, Stefan ^d   Zerbe, Tina ^a   Busch, Luder ^e   Kohn, DIeter ^a   Seil, Romain ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Andreas Bannowsky Ltd   (Germany)

^c Centre Hospitalier Clinique d'Eich   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); knee; measurement device; rotameter; tibiofemoral rotation

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; ROTATION; TIBIA;

EID: 77954690789     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509353133     Document Type: Article

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