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Published on: March 1, 2024
Effects of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on in vivo, dynamic knee function
1Orthopaedic Biodynamics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA. tashman@pitt.edu
Abstract:
The purposes of this article are to discuss key factors for assessing joint function, to present some recent findings, and to address the future directions for evaluating the function of the anterior cruciate ligament-injured/reconstructed knees. Well-designed studies, using state-of-the art tools to assess knee kinematics under in vivo, dynamic, high-loading conditions, are necessary to evaluate the relative performance of different procedures for restoring normal joint motion.
