Anterior knee laxity increases gapping of posterior horn medial meniscal tears

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1749-1755

  Dürselen, Lutz ^a   Vögele, Stefan ^a   Seitz, Andreas M ^a   Ignatius, Anita ^a   Friederich, Niklaus F ^b   Bauer, Gerhard ^c   Majewski, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Sports Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Gapping; Meniscal repair; Meniscal tear; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

EID: 80052524414     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511405504     Document Type: Article

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