Structural capacity of the knee to anterior cruciate ligament failure during quadriceps contraction. An in vivo study in the rat

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 891-897

  Aune, Arne Kristian ^a   Nordsletten, Lars ^b   Ekeland, Arne ^b  

^a MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament failure; In vivo destructive testing; Muscle contraction; Rat model

Indexed keywords

BONE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL TESTING; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS; SURGERY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR TIBIAL TRANSLATION; IN VIVO DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE FLEXION; MICROSURGERY; QUADRICEPS CONTRACTION; RAT;

LIGAMENTS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS; LOADING TEST; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RAT;

EID: 0030200402     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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