The effect of posterior cruciate ligament deficiency on knee kinematics

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1915-1922

  Logan, Martin ^a   Williams, Andrew ^b   Lavelle, Jonathon ^b   Gedroyc, Wady ^a   Freeman, Michael ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 9244253737     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504265005     Document Type: Article

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