The normal anterior cruciate ligament as a model for tensioning strategies in anterior cruciate ligament grafts

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-283

  Arnold, Markus P ^a   Verdonschot, Nico ^b   Van Kampen, Albert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Graft force; Tension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE;

EID: 12744261241     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504265909     Document Type: Article

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