Sex-based differences in the tensile properties of the human anterior cruciate ligament

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2943-2950

  Chandrashekar, Naveen ^a   Mansouri, Hossein ^b   Slauterbeck, James ^c   Hashemi, Javad ^a,d  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL injury; ACL size; Cadaveric; Mechanical properties; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ACL INJURY; ACL SIZE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL); CADAVERIC;

LIGAMENTS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33751207987     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.031     Document Type: Article

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