Biomechanical comparison between CentraLoc and Intrafix fixation of quadrupled semitendinosus-gracilis allografts in cadaveric tibiae with low bone mineral density

Knee

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 306-313

  Krupp, R ^a   Nyland, J ^a   Smith, C ^a   Nawab, A ^a   Burden, R ^a   Caborn, D N M ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Allograft; Cyclic loading; Hamstring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; DEVICE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; AGED; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TENDONS; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34447279291     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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