Can markers injected into a single-loop anterior cruciate ligament graft define the axes of the tibial and femoral tunnels? A cadaveric study using Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Smith, Conrad ^a   Hull, M L ^a,b   Howell, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament graft; Femur; Markers; RSA; Tibia; Tunnel axes

Indexed keywords

BONE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS; LIGAMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS; TENDONS; TOOLS; VECTORS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ACL RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT GRAFT; AVERAGE ERRORS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMUR; IN VITRO STUDIES; IN VIVO STUDIES; MARKERS; RELATIVE MOTIONS; ROENTGEN STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS; RSA; SOFT TISSUES; SPECIALIZED TOOLS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; STEREO-PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIBIA; TUNNEL AXES;

TUNNELS;

MARKER;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ERROR; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; LEG LENGTHENING; OPERATION DURATION; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIA; TISSUE GRAFT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA;

EID: 50049126509     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2907766     Document Type: Article

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