Influences of variation in force application on tibial displacement and strain in the anterior cruciate ligament during the Lachman test

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-98

  Hurley, Wendy L ^a   Boros, Rhonda L ^b   Challis, John H ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Lachman; Model; Strain; Tibial translation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGAMENTS; STRAIN;

LACHMAN TESTS; TIBIAL TRANSLATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; FUNCTION TEST; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

EID: 0344945454     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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