Reconstruction of the interosseous ligament of the forearm reduces load on the radial head in cadavers

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 28 B, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-270

  Tomaino, Matthew M ^a   Pfaeffle, Jamie ^a   Stabile, Kathryne ^a   Li, Zong Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FOREARM; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MODEL; RADIUS; TENDON GRAFT; ULNA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037951324     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(03)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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