A biomechanical analysis of matched bone-patellar tendon-bone and double-looped semitendinosus and gracilis tendon grafts

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-207

  Wilson, Tad W ^a,b   Zafuta, Michael P ^a   Zobitz, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0033059186     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465990270021501     Document Type: Article

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