Effects of the posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on the biomechanics of the knee joint: A finite element analysis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 434-442

  Ramaniraka, N A ^a   Terrier, A ^a   Theumann, N ^b   Siegrist, O ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital Orthopedique de la Suisse Romande   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Knee; Posterior cruciate ligament; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAFTS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENSILE STRESS;

BIOMECHANICAL EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT MESH; KNEE JOINTS; LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE GRAFT;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 14344260289     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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