Anterolateral knee biomechanics.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

Biomechanics Group, Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.

Published: April 2017

This article reviews the evidence for the roles of the anterolateral soft-tissue structures in rotatory stability of the knee, including their structural properties, isometry, and contributions to resisting tibial internal rotation. These data then lead to a biomechanical demonstration that the ilio-tibial band is the most important structure for the restraint of anterolateral rotatory instability. Level of evidence V.

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