Twisting of patellar tendon grafts does not reduce their mechanical properties

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-315

  Muellner, T ^a   Reihsner, R ^b   Mrkonjic, L ^a   Kaltenbrunner, W ^a   Kwasny, O ^a   Schabus, R ^a   Mittlboeck, M ^b   Vecsei V ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Human; Mechanics; Patellar tendon; Pretwist

Indexed keywords

BONE; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAFTS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; TENDONS;

PATELLAR TENDON; PRETWISTING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RUPTURE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032052519     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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