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Author: Kernkamp, W.A.
Mapping Isometry and Length Changes in Ligament
Reconstructions of the Knee
Mapping Isometry and Length Changes in Ligament Reconstructions of the Knee
PhD thesis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands Copyright © Willem A. Kernkamp 2020
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Funding for this thesis was provided by the Anna Fonds|NOREF, Traumaplatform, LUF International Study Fund.
Mapping Isometry and Length Changes in Ligament Reconstructions of the Knee
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit van Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 14 oktober 2020
klokke 16:15 uur door
Willem Alexander Kernkamp Geboren te Madrid, Spanje
Promotor: Co-promotors:
prof. dr. R.G.H.H. Nelissen
prof. dr. G. Li NWH
dr. S.K. van de Velde
Leden promotiecommissie: dr. E.R.A. van Arkel HMC
EMC prof. dr. P.D.S. Dijkstra
prof. dr. I. Meulenbelt prof. dr. J.A.N. Verhaar
LIST OF FREQUENTLY USED ABBREVIATIONS
ACL Anterior cruciate ligament
ALC Anterolateral complex
ALL Anterolateral ligament
CT Computerized tomography
LER Lateral extra-articular reconstruction LET Lateral extra-articular tenodesis MPFL Medial patellofemoral ligament
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
PCL Posterior cruciate ligament
OA Osteoarthritis
OTT Over the top
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction
Chapter 2 An in vivo prediction of anisometry and strain in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction – A combined magnetic resonance and dual fluoroscopic imaging analysis.
Arthroscopy. 2018 Apr;34(4):1094-1103.
Chapter 3 The effect of ACL deficiency on ACL end-to-end distance during in vivo dynamic activity.
The Knee. 2018 Oct;25(5):738-745.
Chapter 4 In vivo posterior cruciate ligament tunnel positioning and the relationship to graft elongation patterns in intact and
PCL-deficient knees.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2019 Aug;27(8):2440-2449.
Chapter 5 In vivo anterolateral ligament length change in the healthy knee during functional activities – A combined magnetic resonance and dual fluoroscopic imaging analysis.
Arthroscopy. 2017 Jan;33(1):133-139.
Chapter 6 An in vivo simulation of isometry of the anterolateral aspect of the healthy knee.
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Jul 5;99(13):1111-1118.
Chapter 7 The medial patellofemoral ligament is a dynamic and anisometric structure – An in vivo study on length changes
and isometry.
Am J Sports Med. 2019 Jun;47(7):1645-1653.
