Static rotational knee laxity in anterior cruciate ligament injuries

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 652-662

  Mouton, Caroline ^a   Theisen, Daniel ^a   Pape, Dietrich ^b   Nührenbörger, Christian ^b   Seil, Romain ^a,b  

^a Public Research Center for Health   (Luxembourg)

^b Centre Hospitalier Clinique d'Eich   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Instrumented; Knee joint; Laxity; Measuring device; Tibiofemoral rotation

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; ROTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION;

EID: 84858753283     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1878-1     Document Type: Review

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