Elbow ligament strain under valgus load: A biomechanical study

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 607-612

  Pribyl, Charles R ^a   Wascher, Daniel C ^a   Firoozbakhsh, Keikhosrow ^a   Hurley, Davis K ^b   McNally, Thomas P ^c   Weiser, Martin W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; MALE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032981166     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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