Posterior Cruciate Ligament
"Posterior Cruciate Ligament" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A strong ligament of the knee that originates from the anterolateral surface of the medial condyle of the femur, passes posteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia.
| Descriptor ID |
D016119
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514.600 A02.835.583.512.600 A10.165.669.514.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Posterior Cruciate Ligament- Posterior Cruciate Ligament
- Cruciate Ligament, Posterior
- Cruciate Ligaments, Posterior
- Ligament, Posterior Cruciate
- Ligaments, Posterior Cruciate
- Posterior Cruciate Ligaments
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Posterior Cruciate Ligament" by people in Profiles.
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Early pre-radiographic structural pathology precedes the onset of accelerated knee osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2019 May 22; 20(1):241.
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Management of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tibial Avulsion Injuries: A Systematic Review. Am J Sports Med. 2018 Mar; 46(3):734-742.
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Patellotibial contusions: a rare cruciate ligament injury pattern. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2014 Jul-Aug; 38(4):495-8.
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Perennial co-star. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Mar; 39(3):471-3.
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The future of computer-assisted surgery (CAS) in sports medicine. Sports Med Arthrosc Rev. 2008 Jun; 16(2):108-10.
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The efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging in acute knee injuries. Clin J Sport Med. 2000 Jan; 10(1):34-9.
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In vitro study of knee stability after posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1996 Jun; (327):264-71.
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Ligamentous instability of the knee in children sustaining fractures of the femur: a prospective study with knee examination under anesthesia. J Pediatr Orthop. 1996 Mar-Apr; 16(2):206-9.
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The effect of femoral tunnel position and graft tensioning technique on posterior laxity of the posterior cruciate ligament-reconstructed knee. Am J Sports Med. 1995 Jul-Aug; 23(4):424-30.
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Tensions in the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments of the knee during passive loading: predicting ligament loads from in situ measurements. J Orthop Res. 1991 Jul; 9(4):529-38.