The effect of anterior cruciate ligament graft orientation on rotational knee kinematics

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2113-2120

  Webster, Kate E ^a   Wotherspoon, Scott ^a   Feller, Julian A ^a,b   McClelland, Jodie A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACL tunnel orientation; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Graft obliquity; Knee kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883055949     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2310-1     Document Type: Article

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