A review of the anatomical, biomechanical and kinematic findings of posterior cruciate ligament injury with respect to non-operative management

Knee

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 738-745

  Chandrasekaran, Sivashankar ^a,b   Ma, David ^b   Scarvell, Jennifer M ^a,c   Woods, Kevin R ^d   Smith, Paul N ^a,c,d  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d Calvary John James Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Posterior cruciate ligament anatomy; Posterior cruciate ligament biomechanics; Posterior cruciate ligament injury; Posterior cruciate ligament injury rehabilitation; Posterior cruciate ligament treatment

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW;

GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84868193060     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2012.09.005     Document Type: Review

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