In-situ forces in the human posterior cruciate ligament in response to posterior tibial loading

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Carlin, Gregory J ^a   Livesay, Glen A ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a   Ishibashi, Yasuyuki ^a   Kim, Hyoung Soo ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Force sensor; Knee; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posterior drawer; Universal force moment sensor

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (PCL); POSTERIOR TIBIAL LOADING; UNIVERSAL FORCE MOMENT SENSOR;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; MOTION; SENSOR; TIBIA;

EID: 0030110863     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02667348     Document Type: Article

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