A biomechanical evaluation of anterior and posterior tibialis tendons as suitable single-loop anterior cruciate ligament grafts

Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 589-597

  Haut Donahue, Tammy L ^a   Howell, Stephen M ^a   Hull, Maury L ^a   Gregersen, Colin ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Mechanical properties; Structural properties; Tendon graft; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERIALS TESTING; RANDOMIZATION; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0036635244     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2002.32617     Document Type: Article

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