Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: Dynamic strain evaluation of the graft

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-241

  Handl, Milan ^a   Držík, Milan ^b   Cerulli, Giuliano ^c   Povýšil, Ctibor ^d   Chlpík, Juraj ^b   Varga, Ferdinand ^a   Amler, Evžen ^a   Trč, Tomáš ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^b INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Drop weight testing; Laser based measurement; Material properties; Tendon

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSDUCER; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; CADAVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33847664160     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0175-x     Document Type: Article

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