The reharvested central third of the patellar tendon. A histologic and biomechanical analysis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 779-785

  LaPrade, Robert F ^a,c   Hamilton, Christopher D ^a   Montgomery, Ronald D ^b   Wentorf, Fred ^a   Hawkins, Hal D ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030668918     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/036354659702500609     Document Type: Article

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