Design and evaluation of a cryogenic soft tissue fixation device - Load tolerances and thermal aspects

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-397

  Rincon L ^a   Schatzmann, L ^a   Brunner, P ^a   Staubli H U ^b   Ferguson, S J ^a   Oxland, T R ^c   Nolte, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Spital Bern Tiefenau   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Cryogenic fixation; Failure modes; Soft connective tissues; Temperature behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TENDON; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035134445     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00214-1     Document Type: Article

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