Importance of femoral tunnel placement in double-bundle posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Biomechanical analysis using a robotic/universal force-moment sensor testing system

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 456-463

  Petersen, Wolf ^a   Lenschow, Simon ^b   Weimann, Andre ^a   Strobel, Michael J ^c   Raschke, Michael J ^a   Zantop, Thore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Orthopadische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double bundle; Hamstring graft; In situ forces; Kinematics; Knee; Posterior cruciate ligament; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; GERMANY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 32944455340     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505281239     Document Type: Article

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