Lateral, Posterior, and Cruciate Knee Anatomy

Noyes' Knee Disorders: Surgery, Rehabilitation, Clinical Outcomes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 20-43

  Strickland, Justin P ^a   Fester, Eric W ^b,c,d   Noyes, Frank R ^e,f,g,h  

^a Physicians' Clinic of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^e Cincinnati SportsMedicine Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^f Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h University of Cincinnati   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5474-0.00002-3     Document Type: Chapter

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