Resulting tensile forces in the human bone-patellar tendon-bone graft: Direct force measurement in vitro

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Rupp, Stefan ^a   Hopf, Thomas ^a   Hess, Thomas ^a   Seil, Romain ^a   Kohn, Dieter M ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Bone patellar tendon bone graft; Resultant force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEG; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

EID: 0033009325     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ar.1999.v15.0150171     Document Type: Article

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