Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 742-749 , July 2009

The Effect of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction on Stride-to-Stride Variability

  • Constantina O. Moraiti, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Nicholas Stergiou, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
    • Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A.
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  • Stavros Ristanis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Haris S. Vasiliadis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Kostas Patras, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Cassandra Lee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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  • Anastasios D. Georgoulis, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Anastasios Georgoulis, M.D., Ph.D., Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center of Ioannina, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1330, 45121 Ioannina, Greece

Received 31 August 2008 ,Accepted 20 January 2009.

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 Supported by grants from the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (Operative Program Competitiveness; AKMON) to the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center and from the National Institutes of Health (K25HD047194) and the Nebraska Research Initiative to N.S. The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00078-4

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.01.016

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 7 , Pages 742-749 , July 2009

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