Tensile strength of the tibial meniscal attachments in the rabbit

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-128

  Goertzen, D ^a   Gillquist, J ^a   Messner, K ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

KNEE JOINTS; MENISCAL ATTACHMENT; RABBITS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCECTOMY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; HUMIDITY; JOINTS; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RABBITS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030044906     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199601)30:1<125::AID-JBM16>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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