Ligamentum teres: A functional description and potential clinical relevance

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1209-1214

  Martin, RobRoy L ^a,b   Palmer, Ian ^c   Martin, Hal D ^c  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Oklahoma Sports Science and Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior acetabular insufficiency; Instability; Ligamentum teres rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RUPTURE;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP INJURIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE;

EID: 84861413278     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1663-1     Document Type: Review

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