Measurement of knee joint gaps without bone resection: " physiologic" extension and flexion gaps in total knee arthroplasty are asymmetric and unequal and anterior and posterior cruciate ligament resections produce different gap changes

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 522-527

  Nowakowski, Andrej Maria ^a,b   Majewski, Martin ^a   Müller Gerbl, Magdalena ^b   Valderrabano, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

extension gap; flexion gap; joint gap measurement; ligament balancing; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; CADAVER; EXTENSION GAP; FLEXION GAP; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATELLA; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857000355     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21564     Document Type: Article

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