Biomechanics of initial tibial fixation in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1164-1171

  Margheritini, Fabrizio ^a   Rihn, Jeffrey A ^a   Mauro, Craig S ^a   Stabile, Kathryne J ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a   Harner, Christopher D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fixation; Posterior cruciate ligament; Transtibial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEMATICS; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; TIBIA;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ROBOTICS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 26844538845     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.06.017     Document Type: Article

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