Non-linear fitting of mechanical data for efficacy determination of single versus double bundle achilles tendon grafts for PCL reconstructions

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-317

  Valdevit, Antonio ^a   Kambic, Helen ^a   Lilly, Deante ^a   Graham, Scott ^a   Parker, Richard ^a   Bergfeld, John ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Force; Inlay technique; Non linear regression; PCL; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSPLANTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036412167     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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