Transtibial versus anteromedial portal technique in single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Outcomes of knee joint kinematics during walking

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1847-1856

  Wang, Hongsheng ^a   Fleischli, James E ^b   Zheng, Naiquan ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; extension difficulty; gait analysis; osteoarthritis; tibial rotation; transportal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EXTENSION DIFFICULTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIAL ROTATION; TRANSPORTAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACL RECONSTRUCTION; EXTENSION DIFFICULTY; GAIT ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TIBIAL ROTATION; TRANSPORTAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84881399332     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513490663     Document Type: Article

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