An analysis of the posterior cruciate ligament isometric position using an in vivo 3-dimensional computed tomography-based knee joint model

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1333-1339

  Jeong, Woon Seob ^a   Yoo, Yon Sik ^a   Kim, Do Young ^a   Shetty, Nagraj S ^a   Smolinski, Patrick ^b   Logishetty, Kartik ^c   Ranawat, Anil ^c  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ADULT; FIBULA; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ORGAN SIZE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957338109     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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