Anterior laxity, slippage, and recovery of function in the first year after tibialis allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-88

  Smith, Conrad K ^a   Howell, Stephen M ^b   Hull, Maury L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); anterior laxity; roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis; slippage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE SCREW; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SPORT INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751529722     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510378652     Document Type: Article

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