Bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An in vitro comparison of mechanical behavior under failure tensile loading and cyclic submaximal tensile loading

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 549-557

  Honl, Matthias ^a   Carrero, Volker ^a   Hille, Ekkehard ^a   Schneider, Erich ^b   Morlock, Michael M ^c  

^a ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MOTION; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0036329978     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465020300041501     Document Type: Article

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