ACL graft can replicate the normal ligament's tension curve

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 625-631

  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

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Position; Surgery; Tension

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA;

EID: 27744460760     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0601-x     Document Type: Article

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