Measurement of rotational laxity of the knee: in vitro comparison of accuracy between the tibia, overlying skin, and foot

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2575-2581

  Alam, Mahbub ^a,b   Bull, Anthony M J ^b   Thomas, Rhidian D ^b   Amis, Andrew A ^b  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACL; dial test; measuring device; PCL; posterolateral corner; tibial rotation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FOOT; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIBIA;

AGED; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FOOT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIA;

EID: 83455224769     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511424872     Document Type: Article

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