A Biomechanical Comparison of Three Lower Extremity Tendons for Ligamentous Reconstruction about the Knee

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1091-1096

  Pearsall IV, Albert W ^a,c   Hollis, J Marcus ^a   Russell Jr , George V ^b   Scheer, Zachary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MSN 518 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Ligament; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CALCULATION; DOUBLED PERONEUS LONGUS TENDON; DRY ICE CLAMP; EVALUATION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC TEST MACHINE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE SURGERY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PERONEUS MUSCLE; RIGIDITY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0346366996     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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