Bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: The effects of graft pretensioning

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-292

  Howard, Mark E ^a   Cawley, Patrick W ^b   Losse, Gary M ^a   Johnston III, Richard B ^a  

^a OASIS Sports Medical Group   (United States)

^b Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elongation; Plastic failure; Preconditioning; Pretensioning; Viscoelastic creep; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PATELLA TENDON; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0029995996     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(96)90060-2     Document Type: Article

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