Varus-valgus laxity and passive stiffness in medial knee osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1237-1243

  Creaby, Mark W ^a   Wrigley, Tim V ^a   Lim, Boon Whatt ^a,b   Bowles, Kelly Ann ^a   Metcalf, Ben R ^a   Hinman, Rana S ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Republic Polytechnic   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956412086     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20220     Document Type: Article

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