In vivo effects of partial electrothermal shrinkage on mechanical properties of the anterior cruciate ligament in rabbits

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1037-1044

  Kondo, Eiji ^a   Yasuda, Kazunori ^a   Tohyama, Harukazu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; In vivo study; Radiofrequency; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FIBROBLASTS; HISTOLOGY; LIGAMENTS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SHRINKAGE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; POSTEROLATERAL BUNDLE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GRANULATION TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JOINT STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE SECTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEAT; RABBITS; RADIO WAVES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34548706433     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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