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  • Title: Instability of cadaver knees after transection of capsule and ligaments.
    Author: Nielsen S, Kromann-Andersen C, Rasmussen O, Andersen K.
    Journal: Acta Orthop Scand; 1984 Feb; 55(1):30-4. PubMed ID: 6702425.
    Abstract:
    The importance of the medial collateral ligament and the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee in relation to valgus and varus instability was investigated. Mobility patterns were drawn from ten osteoligamentous knee preparations after successive transections of the structures. Cutting the entire collateral medial ligament caused only slight valgus instability, even when the knee was flexed. Further transection of the anterior cruciate ligament increased the instability considerably, but the knee remained stable in extension. The valgus instability after the transections was maximal at about 60 degrees of flexion.
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