Influence of the tunnel angle in ACL reconstructions on the biomechanics of the knee joint

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 508-516

  Pena E ^a   Calvo, B ^a   Martinez, M A ^a   Palanca, D ^a   Doblare M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Graft tension; Knee biomechanics; Tibial and femoral tunnels

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; GRAFT TENSION; KNEE BIOMECHANICS; TIBIAL AND FEMORAL TUNNELS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; LIGAMENT SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TENDON GRAFT; TENSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646076230     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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