The tibialis tendon as a valuable anterior cruciate ligament allograft substitute: Biomechanical properties

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1326-1330

  Almqvist, K F ^a   Jan, H ^a   Vercruysse, C ^a   Verbeeck, R ^a   Verdonk, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allograft; Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Patellar tendon; Tibialis tendon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LEG; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 36148931365     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0396-7     Document Type: Article

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