title: Effects of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on in vivo, dynamic knee function.
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.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Biodynamics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA. tashman@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tashman
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Araki
mesh_terms: D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D059549:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction / Q000379:methods; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular