Anterior cruciate ligament graft tensioning versus knee stability

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Friederich, Niklaus F ^a   O'Brien, Walter R ^b  

^a KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Graft tensioning; Isometricity; Knee stability

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MOVEMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS;

EID: 0001849215     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670050221     Document Type: Article

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