An In Vivo Biomechanical Study on the Tension-Versus-Knee Flexion Angle Curves of 2 Grafts in Anatomic Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Effects of Initial Tension and Internal Tibial Rotation

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-284

  Yasuda, Kazunori ^a   Ichiyama, Hiroki ^a   Kondo, Eiji ^a   Miyatake, Shin ^a   Inoue, Masayuki ^a   Tanabe, Yoshie ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Graft tension; Initial tension; Internal rotation; Knee flexion angle

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENSION; TIBIA TORSION; ARTHROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MUSCLE TONE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE TONUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TENDONS;

EID: 43049102763     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.08.031     Document Type: Article

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