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Pivot Device Component

Known as: Pivot 
A device designed to act as a center of rotation.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2012
Review
2012
What does it take to have a high-grade pivot shift?
AbstractThe pivot shift is the most specific clinical test to assess pathological knee joint rotatory laxity following ACL injury… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Accurate estimate of the critical exponent nu for self-avoiding walks via a fast implementation of the pivot algorithm.
We introduce a fast implementation of the pivot algorithm for self-avoiding walks, which we use to obtain large samples of walks… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
In Vivo Measurement of the Pivot-Shift Test in the Anterior Cruciate Ligament—Deficient Knee Using an Electromagnetic Device
Background The pivot-shift test is commonly used for assessing dynamic instability in anterior cruciate ligament—insufficient… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Fluoroscopic Analyses of Cruciate-Retaining and Medial Pivot Knee Implants
Contemporary posterior cruciate-retaining total knee designs have provided pain relief and improved knee function but have failed… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The effect of axial tibial torque on the function of the anterior cruciate ligament: a biomechanical study of a simulated pivot shift test.
PURPOSE Various techniques are used to produce the pivot shift phenomenon after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. In… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The forces in the anterior cruciate ligament and knee kinematics during a simulated pivot shift test: A human cadaveric study using robotic technology.
PURPOSE Although it is well known that the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a primary restraint of the knee under anterior… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Stackelberg-Nash equilibrium for multilevel programming with multiple followers using genetic algorithms
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
An analysis of the pivot shift phenomenon
The description of the pivot shift test and its modifica tions is for the most part based on clinical observations. We wished to… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
The pivot shift phenomenon: Results and description of a modified clinical test for anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency
Clinical evaluation of knee instability is often difficult to reproduce, and several different physical tests have become popular… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Spatial memory deficit in senescent rats.
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