A biomechanical comparison of initial fixation strength of 3 different methods of anterior cruciate ligament soft tissue graft tibial fixation: Resistance to monotonic and cyclic loading

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 949-954

  Bartz, Reed L ^a,e   Mossoni, Kory ^b   Tyber, Jeffrey ^c   Tokish, John ^d   Gall, Kenneth ^c   Siparsky, Patrick N ^b  

^a Western Iowa Health Care System Lincoln   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^e Nebraska Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bioabsorbable; Knee; Tibial fixation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOOF AND CLAW; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENDON; TIBIA; TISSUE GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; TRANSPLANTS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34250757129     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507301881     Document Type: Article

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