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Cruciate Ligament

The cruciate ligaments are critical for knee stability. These KEYNOTES explore a number of issues related to the cruciate ligaments and ligamentous instability.

Posterior cruciate ligament injury

Posterior cruciate ligament injury

Emedicine is an internet journal aimed at medical professionals, but this article is not too difficult for the informed patient to follow. The author walks through the incidence, the type of activity that cause PCL injury and diagnostic tests. Rehabilitation is also discussed.

2000 - Prevention of permanent arthrofibrosis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Noyes FR, Berrios-Torres S, Barber-Westin SD, and Heckmann TP. Prevention of permanent arthrofibrosis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction alone or combined with associated procedures: a prospective study in 443 knees. Knee Surg, Sports Traumatol, Arthros 8:196-206;2000.

This paper reports the research results of a group of researchers from the Cincinatti Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center. The research relates to a consecutive group of patients (443 knees) with cruciate ligament reconstruction - alone or combined with associated procedures (about 50:50).

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