Graft selection and biomechanical considerations in ACL reconstruction (isometry, stress, preload)

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 336-341

  Engebretsen, Lars ^a   Lewis, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Graft selection; Isometry; Pretension; Tunnel location

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142595534     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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