Do pre-operative knee laxity values influence post-operative ones after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Signorelli, C ^a,b   Bonanzinga, T ^a   Lopomo, N ^a   Marcheggiani Muccioli, G M ^a   Bignozzi, S ^a   Filardo, G ^a   Zaffagnini, S ^a   Marcacci, M ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Kinematics tests; Laxity; Surgical navigation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KINEMATICS TESTS; KNEE INJURY; LAXITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL NAVIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACL RECONSTRUCTION; KINEMATICS TESTS; LAXITY; SURGICAL NAVIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880512905     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12059     Document Type: Article

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