Influence of individual characteristics on static rotational knee laxity using the Rotameter

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-651

  Mouton, Caroline ^a   Seil, Romain ^a,b   Agostinis, Hélène ^a   Maas, Stefan ^c   Theisen, Daniel ^a  

^a Public Research Center for Health   (Luxembourg)

^b Centre Hospitalier Clinique d'Eich   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee laxity; Risk factor; Rotameter; Tibial rotation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; ROTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858753540     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1877-2     Document Type: Article

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