Tensioning of the anterior cruciate ligament graft

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 697-700

  Heis, Forest T ^a   Paulos, Leon E ^b  

^a Greater Cincinnati Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

^b Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Salt Lake City   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; GRAFT FAILURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TENDON GRAFT; TENSION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; RUPTURE;

EID: 0036809838     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(02)00014-7     Document Type: Review

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