Prosthetic replacement of the medial meniscus in cadaveric knees: Does the prosthesis mimic the functional behavior of the native meniscus?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1182-1188

  Tienen, T G ^a   Verdonschot, N ^a,c   Heijkants, R G J C ^b   Buma, P ^a   Scholten, J G F ^a   Van Kampen, A ^a   Veth, R P H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meniscus replacement; Polymer; Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (RSA); Trauma

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MEDIAL MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LABORATORY; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; REGENERATION; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; TIBIA; TORQUE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; POLYURETHANES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 3242753448     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503262160     Document Type: Article

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