In vitro testing protocols for the cruciate ligaments and ligament reconstructions

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Beynnon, Bruce D ^a   Amis, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Graft fixation; Knee

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; KNEE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0002618771     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670050226     Document Type: Article

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