The role of the tibial slope in sustaining and treating anterior cruciate ligament injuries

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-145

  Feucht, Matthias J ^a   Mauro, Craig S ^b   Brucker, Peter U ^a   Imhoff, Andreas B ^a   Hinterwimmer, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b St Margaret Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee biomechanics; Non contact injury; Osteotomy; Tibial slope

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOTOMY; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871923075     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1941-6     Document Type: Review

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