The effect of cyclic loading on rotated bone-tendon-bone anterior cruciate ligament graft constructs

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1442-1449

  Berkson, Eric ^a   Lee, Gregory H ^a   Kumar, Ashwin ^a   Verma, Nikhil ^a   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a   Hallab, Nadim ^a,b  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Biomechanics; Bone patellar tendon bone (BPTB); Graft rotation; Twist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; RUNNING; SWINE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; ELASTICITY; HINDLIMB; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33747255692     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546506287741     Document Type: Article

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