The effect of femoral component rotation on the extensor retinaculum of the knee

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1136-1141

  Ghosh, Kanishka M ^a   Merican, Azhar M ^b   Iranpour, Farhad ^c   Deehan, David J ^a   Amis, Andrew A ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extensor retinaculum; Femoral component rotation; Lateral release; Patellar tracking; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ROTATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; AGED; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMUR; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 77955908489     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21117     Document Type: Article

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