Calibration and application of an intra-articular force transducer for the measurement of patellar tendon graft forces: An in situ evaluation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 393-398

  Fleming, B C ^a   Good, L ^b   Peura, G D ^a   Beynnon, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GRAFTS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; LOAD TESTING; TENDONS; TRANSDUCERS;

ARTHROSCOPICALLY IMPLANTABLE FORCE PROBE (AIFP);

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; SHEAR STRESS; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPES; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032722082     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2798336     Document Type: Article

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