Tensile properties of an anterior cruciate ligament graft after bone-patellar tendon-bone press-fit fixation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 68-74

  Musahl, Volker ^a,b   Abramowitch, Steven D ^a   Gabriel, Mary T ^a   Debski, Richard E ^a   Hertel, Peter ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Martin Luther Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Creep; Permanent elongation; Press fit; Properties; Tensile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GOAT; HINDLIMB; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATELLA; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE SCREWS; GOATS; HINDLIMB; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATELLA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0038148335     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0354-y     Document Type: Article

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