Double-bundle ACL surgery demonstrates superior rotational kinematics to single-bundle technique during dynamic task

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 998-1004

  Hemmerich, A ^a   Van Der Merwe, W ^b   Batterham, M ^c   Vaughan, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Sports Science Orthopaedic Clinic   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Double bundle reconstruction; Gait analysis; Knee rotation; Single bundle reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CONTROL GROUPS; CONTROL SUBJECT; DOUBLE-BUNDLE RECONSTRUCTION; DYNAMIC CUTTING; DYNAMIC TASKS; KNEE KINEMATICS; KNEE ROTATION; LOADING CONDITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS; ROTATIONAL RESTRAINTS; ROTATIONAL SHIFT; SINGLE-BUNDLE RECONSTRUCTION; SURGICAL REPAIR; TRANSVERSE PLANES;

KINEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROTATION; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055086241     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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