The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 463-465 , December 2009

The kneeling view: Evaluation of the forces involved and side-to-side difference

  • Leonardo Osti

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma Surgery, Hesperia Hospital, Via Arquà 80/b, Modena, Italy
    • Fax: +39 059394840.
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  • Rocco Papalia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy
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  • Paola Rinaldi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2 40136 Bologna, Italy
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  • Vincenzo Denaro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy
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  • John Bartlett

      Affiliations

    • Warringal Hospital, 216 Burgundy Street, 3084 Heidelberg Vic, Australia
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  • Nicola Maffulli

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, 275 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DG, England, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 19 March 2009 ,Revised 14 April 2009 ,Accepted 16 April 2009.

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PII: S0968-0160(09)00080-5

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.04.010

The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 463-465 , December 2009

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