The effect of graft stiffness on knee joint biomechanics after ACL reconstruction - A 3D computational simulation

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-43

  Suggs, Jeremy ^a,b   Wang, Conrad ^a   Li, Guoan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Computational model; Kinematics; Knee

Indexed keywords

GRAFTS; LIGAMENTS; TENDONS; TENSILE TESTING;

GRAFT TENSION;

BIOMECHANICS;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MODEL; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037230048     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00137-7     Document Type: Article

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