Relationship between thickness of the anteromedial bundle and thickness of the posterolateral bundle in the normal ACL

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1293-1298

  Katouda, Michihiro ^a   Soejima, Takashi ^a   Kanazawa, Tomonoshin ^a   Tabuchi, Kousuke ^a   Yamaki, Kouichi ^a   Nagata, Kensei ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anteromedial bundle; Cross sectional area; Diameter; Posterolateral bundle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TIBIA;

EID: 79960339921     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1417-0     Document Type: Article

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