The morphology of ligament insertions after failure at low strain velocity: An evaluation of ligament entheses in the rabbit knee

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-133

  Gao, Jizong ^a   Räsänen, Tuomas ^a   Persliden, Jan ^a   Messner, Karola ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cruciate ligaments; Fibrocartilage; Medial collateral ligament of knee; Patellar ligament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; KNEE INJURIES; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RABBITS; RUPTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0029761356     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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