Dependence of cruciate-ligament loading on muscle forces and external load

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1015-1024

  Pandy, Marcus G ^a   Shelburne, Kevin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cruciate ligament forces; Isometric exercises; Knee modeling

Indexed keywords

BONE; LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE;

CRUCIATE LIGAMENT FORCES; ISOMETRIC EXERCISES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT; LOADING TEST; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON; TIBIA;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031257664     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(97)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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