Biomechanics of knee ligaments

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-543

  Woo, Savio L Y ^a,b   Debski, Richard E ^a   Withrow, John D ^a   Janaushek, Marsie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MATURATION; EXERCISE; FORCE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0032856703     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465990270042301     Document Type: Article

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