Gravity-assisted pivot-shift test can predict the function of the reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 572-578

  Sakai, Hiroya ^a   Hiraoka, Hisatada ^a   Yashiki, Motohisa ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Gravity; Pivot shift; Predisposing factor; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952986975     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1279-x     Document Type: Article

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