Effect of tunnel-graft length on the biomechanics of anterior cruciate ligament-reconstructed knees: Intra-articular study in a goat model

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2158-2166

  Zantop, Thore ^a,b   Ferretti, Mario ^a   Bell, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Double bundle; Failure; Outcome; Revision; Rupture; Tendon to bone healing

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCE; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENDON GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; GOATS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 55149091370     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508320572     Document Type: Article

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