title: [MRI studies on the distensibility of cruciate ligaments of healthy knee joint].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Examination of the distensibility of the cruciate ligaments to evaluate the tense plasty of the cruciate ligaments.
  
  
  METHODS
  A functional MR study was performed using a Magnetom Open (0.2 Tesla, Fa. Siemens). We measured the length and width of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligament in volunteers (n = 12), age 20-40. We examined in 4 knee positions between maximal extension and maximal flexion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using the Wilcoxon test, the statistics do not show any significant difference between the length and width of the cruciate ligaments in the monoxial movement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results may support the operative tense plasty of the cruciate ligaments although the entire complex mechanical system has not been examined.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Radiologie, Universitätskliniken Mainz.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schadmand-Fischer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schunk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cagil
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kersjes
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Kreitner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Runkel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D016119:Posterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
vernacular_title: MRT-Untersuchung zur Dehnbarkeit der Kreuzbänder gesunder Kniegelenke.