TY - JOUR
TI - MECHANORECEPTORS IN THE POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT - HISTOLOGIC-STUDY
ON CADAVER KNEES
AU - KATONIS, PG
AU - ASSIMAKOPOULOS, AP
AU - AGAPITOS, MV
AU - EXARCHOU, EI
JO - Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
PY - 1991
VL - 62
TODO - 3
SP - 276-278
PB - Universitetsforlaget (Scandinavian University Press)
SN - 0001-6470
TODO - 10.3109/17453679108993609
TODO - null
TODO - The purpose of the study was to identify mechano-receptors in the
healthy, human posterior cruciate ligament.  Ten ligaments from 10 fresh
cadavers were studied with light microscopy.  In addition to free nerve
endings, two types of encapsulated mechanoreceptors were identified. 
They were located at the femoral and tibial attachements, and on the
surface of the ligament.  These findings support the hypothesis that the
posterior cruciate ligament has an anatomic basis for a discriminating
afferent flow of nerve impulses to the central nervous system. 
Therefore, its neural network may play a role in regulating the
contraction of muscle groups that are fundamental to knee stability.
ER -