Quantitative assessment of anterior cruciate ligament deficiency: Applied load versus applied displacement

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 441-449

  Grimshaw, P N ^a   Bowker, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior, stiffness; Displacement; Knee; Load

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE; SALFORD STATIC KNEE INSTRUMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTENTIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUPTURE; SPORT INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POTENTIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031366491     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411981534565     Document Type: Article

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