Biomechanical study of a computer simulated reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 299-309

  Veselko, Matjaž ^a   Godler, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Biomechanics; Computer model; Graft; Knee

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 0033837263     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(00)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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