"Ligaments, Articular" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Fibrous cords of CONNECTIVE TISSUE that attach bones to each other and hold together the many types of joints in the body. Articular ligaments are strong, elastic, and allow movement in only specific directions, depending on the individual joint.
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D008023
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514 A02.835.583.512 A10.165.669.514
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ligaments, Articular" by people in Profiles.
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Swart E, Tang P. The Effect of Ligament Injuries on Outcomes of Operatively Treated Distal Radius Fractures. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2017 Jan/Feb; 46(1):E41-E46.
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Hsu AR, Lareau CR, Anderson RB. Repair of Acute Superficial Deltoid Complex Avulsion During Ankle Fracture Fixation in National Football League Players. Foot Ankle Int. 2015 Nov; 36(11):1272-8.
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Gotha HE, Lareau CR, Fellars TA. Diagnosis and management of lisfranc injuries and metatarsal fractures. R I Med J (2013). 2013 May 01; 96(5):33-6.
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DeAngelis NA, Eskander MS, French BG. Does medial tenderness predict deep deltoid ligament incompetence in supination-external rotation type ankle fractures? J Orthop Trauma. 2007 Apr; 21(4):244-7.
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Owens BD, Neault M, Benson E, Busconi BD. Primary repair of knee dislocations: results in 25 patients (28 knees) at a mean follow-up of four years. J Orthop Trauma. 2007 Feb; 21(2):92-6.
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Coumas JM, Waite RJ, Goss TP, Ferrari DA, Kanzaria PK, Pappas AM. CT and MR evaluation of the labral capsular ligamentous complex of the shoulder. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1992 Mar; 158(3):591-7.
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Monahan JJ, Grigg P, Pappas AM, Leclair WJ, Marks T, Fowler DP, Sullivan TJ. In vivo strain patterns in the four major canine knee ligaments. J Orthop Res. 1984; 2(4):408-18.