Is there significant variation in the material properties of four different allografts implanted for ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-265

  Penn, David ^a   Willet, Thomas L ^a   Glazebrook, Mark ^a   Snow, Martyn ^a,b   Stanish, William D ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACL; Allograft; Moduli; Tendon; Tensile test; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65049089313     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0678-8     Document Type: Article

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