The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 11-14 , January 2011

Effect of voluntary soft tissue tension and articular conformity after total knee arthroplasty on in vivo anteroposterior displacement

  • Y. Ishii

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, 1089 Shimo-Oshi, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0037, Japan. Tel.: +81 485 55 3519; fax: +81 485 55 3520.
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  • H. Noguchi

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Japan
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  • M. Takeda

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Japan
    • ,
  • H. Kiga

      Affiliations

    • Ishii Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic, Japan
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  • S.I. Toyabe

      Affiliations

    • Division of Information Science and Biostatistics, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan

Received 27 August 2009 ,Revised 1 December 2009 ,Accepted 17 December 2009.

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☆ No benefits or funds were received in support of the study.

☆☆ Informed consent was obtained from all patients, with institutional review board approval.

PII: S0968-0160(09)00252-X

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.12.006

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