An analysis of the medial patellofemoral ligament length change pattern using open-MRI

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1470-1475

  Higuchi, Tetsuo ^a   Arai, Yuji ^a   Takamiya, Hisatake ^a   Miyamoto, Tatsuya ^b   Tokunaga, Daisaku ^c   Kubo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Rokujizo Sogo Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dislocation; Medial patellofemoral ligament; MRI; Patella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 78649944877     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1043-2     Document Type: Article

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