Cyclic joint loading can affect the initial stability of meniscal fixation implants

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-49

  Dürselen, Lutz ^a   Schneider, Jan ^b   Galler, Mario ^a   Claes, Lutz E ^a   Bauer, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SPORTKLINIK STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic joint loading; Meniscal fixation; Pull out strength; Resorbable implants

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT TREATMENT;

MENISCAL FIXATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; SWINE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; KNEE JOINT; MATERIALS TESTING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; SWINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0346666807     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00139-0     Document Type: Article

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