Posterior cruciate ligament recruitment affects antero-posterior translation during flexion gap distraction in total knee replacement: An intraoperative study involving 50 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-477

  Heesterbeek, Petra ^a   Keijsers, Noël ^a   Jacobs, Wilco ^a   Verdonschot, Nico ^b,c   Wymenga, Ate ^a  

^a Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIA;

EID: 77956287157     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2010.501743     Document Type: Article

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