In vivo function of the posterior cruciate ligament during weightbearing knee flexion

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1923-1928

  DeFrate, Louis E ^a,b   Gill, Thomas J ^a   Li, Guoan ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Bioengineering Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; In vivo knee biomechanics; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL); Posterior cruciate ligament kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 9244237623     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504264896     Document Type: Article

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