Interference screw fixation of doubled flexor tendon graft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Biomechanical evaluation with cyclic elongation

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 188-195

  Nakano, Hideaki ^a   Yasuda, Kazunori ^a   Tohyama, Harukazu ^a   Yamanaka, Masanori ^b   Wada, Tatsuhiko ^b   Kaneda, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Cyclic load; Fatigue test; Flexor tendon graft; Interference screw; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

BONE; FATIGUE TESTING; GRAFTS; LIGAMENTS; LOAD TESTING; STIFFNESS; TENDONS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

INTERFERENCE SCREW FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FATIGUE; FEMUR; FLEXOR TENDON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LOADING TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033967975     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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