Knee stability and graft function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A comparison of a lateral and an anatomical femoral tunnel placement

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1825-1832

  Yamamoto, Yuji ^a   Hsu, Wei Hsiu ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a,b   Van Scyoc, Andrew H ^a   Takakura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Debski, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Double bundle reconstruction; In situ force; Knee kinematics; Tunnel placement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; TIBIA; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 9244255348     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504263947     Document Type: Article

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