Evaluation of the 3-dimensional, weight-bearing orientation of the normal adult knee

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 906-911

  Nam, Denis ^a   Shah, Ritesh R ^b   Nunley, Ryan M ^a   Barrack, Robert L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS BONE AND JOINT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional imaging; Constitutional varus; Kinematic alignment; Knee; Mechanical alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBLIQUE ROTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; WEIGHT BEARING; X RAY SYSTEM;

3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CONSTITUTIONAL VARUS; KINEMATIC ALIGNMENT; KNEE; MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT;

ADULT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; ROTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899091561     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.10.024     Document Type: Article

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