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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 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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Anteroposterior Knee Stability During Stair Descent. J Arthroplasty. 2015 Jun; 30(6):1068-72.
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Total knee arthroplasty using anatomic alignment can produce mid-flexion laxity. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2013 Apr; 28(4):429-35.
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Sox9-expressing precursors are the cellular origin of the cruciate ligament of the knee joint and the limb tendons. Genesis. 2010 Nov; 48(11):635-44.
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Cruciate ligament forces between short-step and long-step forward lunge. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Oct; 42(10):1932-42.
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Cruciate ligament force during the wall squat and the one-leg squat. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 Feb; 41(2):408-17.
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Advanced MR imaging of the cruciate ligaments. Radiol Clin North Am. 2007 Nov; 45(6):1003-16, vi-vii.
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Comparison of the split stacked versus the split achilles allograft for dual femoral tunnel posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Am J Sports Med. 2008 Jan; 36(1):142-8.
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Advanced MR imaging of the cruciate ligaments. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2007 Feb; 15(1):73-86.
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Posterior cruciate ligament substitution is not essential for excellent postoperative outcomes in total knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2006 Sep; 21(6 Suppl 2):127-31.