In vivo measurement of translational stiffness of rabbit knees

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2313-2317

  Heiner, Anneliese D ^a   James Rudert, M ^a   McKinley, Todd O ^a   Fredericks, Douglas C ^a   Bobst, John A ^a   Tochigi, Yuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee laxity; Mechanical testing; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; LIGAMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SURGERY; TENSILE TESTING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL) SECTIONING; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT; KNEES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMUR; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMUR; KNEE JOINT; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34250844967     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.10.036     Document Type: Article

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