Development of an artificial meniscus using polyvinyl alcohol-hydrogel for early return to, and continuance of, athletic life in sportspersons with severe meniscus injury. I: Mechanical evaluation

Knee

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-51

  Kobayashi, Masanori ^a   Toguchida, Jyunya ^a   Oka, Masanori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial meniscus; Biocompatibility; Meniscectomy; Osteoarthritis; Polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER CONTENT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037342514     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(02)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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