Effect of tibial slope on the stability of the anterior cruciate ligament-deficient knee

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1626-1631

  Voos, James E ^a   Suero, Eduardo M ^b   Citak, Musa ^b   Petrigliano, Frank P ^c   Bosscher, Marianne R F ^b   Citak, Mustafa ^b   Wickiewicz, Thomas L ^b   Pearle, Andrew D ^b  

^a Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic of Kansas City   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL injury; Knee rotational instability; Pivot shift; Tibial plateau slope

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; TIBIA;

EID: 84864387855     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1823-3     Document Type: Article

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