An alternative mechanism of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury during jump-landing: In-vitro simulation

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-354

  Hashemi, Javad ^a   Chandrashekar, N ^b   Jang, T ^a   Karpat, F ^a   Oseto, M ^c   Ekwaro Osire, S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

ACL failure; Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL); Jump landing; Quadriceps; Strain; Strainrate

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; INJURY MECHANISM; KNEE INJURY SIMULATOR;

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE; STRAIN RATE;

BIOMECHANICS;

BENDING STRENGTH; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGAMENTS; MUSCLE; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 34248660252     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-007-9043-y     Document Type: Article

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