Differential pretensions of a flexor tendon graft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A biomechanical comparison in a porcine knee model

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 540-546

  Lee, Chian Her ^a   Huang, Guo Shu ^a   Chao, Kuo Hua ^a   Wu, Shing Sheng ^a   Chen, Qian ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Pretension; Tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FLEXOR TENDON; FRACTURE FIXATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HINDLIMB; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; LOADING TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMUR; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SWINE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 19044376270     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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