Varus-valgus native knee laxity in extension displays an almost rectangular pattern and does not correlate with lower limb alignment

Manabu Akagawa; Hidetomo Saito; Yasuhiro Takahashi; Hiroaki Tsukamoto; Kazunobu Abe; Yosuke Iwamoto; Takayuki Yoshikawa; Toshiki Abe; Hiroaki Kijima; Yuji Kasukawa; Koji Nozaka; Naohisa Miyakoshi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0313402

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Varus-valgus native knee laxity in extension displays an almost rectangular pattern and does not correlate with lower limb alignment

Manabu Akagawa ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: prcmcn3@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-4326

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Hidetomo Saito,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita, Japan
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Yasuhiro Takahashi,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Omagari Kousei Medical Center, Daisen, Akita, Japan
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Hiroaki Tsukamoto,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Noshiro Kousei Medical Center, Noshiro, Akita, Japan
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Kazunobu Abe,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Omagari Kousei Medical Center, Daisen, Akita, Japan
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Yosuke Iwamoto,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Omagari Kousei Medical Center, Daisen, Akita, Japan
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Takayuki Yoshikawa,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Omagari Kousei Medical Center, Daisen, Akita, Japan
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Toshiki Abe,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Omagari Kousei Medical Center, Daisen, Akita, Japan
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Hiroaki Kijima,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita, Japan
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Yuji Kasukawa,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7008-675X

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Koji Nozaka,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita, Japan
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Naohisa Miyakoshi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita, Japan
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Varus-valgus native knee laxity in extension displays an almost rectangular pattern and does not correlate with lower limb alignment

Manabu Akagawa,
Hidetomo Saito,
Yasuhiro Takahashi,
Hiroaki Tsukamoto,
Kazunobu Abe,
Yosuke Iwamoto,
Takayuki Yoshikawa,
Toshiki Abe,
Hiroaki Kijima,
Yuji Kasukawa

Published: November 12, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313402

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