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Posterior cruciate ligament recruitment affects antero-posterior translation during flexion gap distraction in total knee replacement: An intraoperative study involving 50 patients

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Because of the oblique orientation of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), flexion gap distraction could lead to anterior movement of the tibia, which would influence the tibiofemoral contact point. This would affect the kinematics of the TKR. We assessed the flexion gap pa...

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Autores principales: Heesterbeek, Petra, Keijsers, Noël, Jacobs, Wilco, Verdonschot, Nico, Wymenga, Ate
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20809745
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2010.501743