Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1214-1223 , November 2009

Three-Dimensional In Vivo Patellofemoral Kinematics and Contact Area of Anterior Cruciate Ligament–Deficient and –Reconstructed Subjects Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Choongsoo S. Shin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Choongsoo S. Shin, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, 1 Shinsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-741, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • R. Dana Carpenter, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Sharmila Majumdar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
    • Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • C. Benjamin Ma, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Received 11 February 2009 ,Accepted 22 May 2009.

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 Recipient of the Patellofemoral Research Excellence Award, 2009 Biennial Congress ISAKOS, Osaka, Japan.

 Supported by the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and a Young Investigator Grant from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00504-0

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.05.013

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 11 , Pages 1214-1223 , November 2009

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