Repeated application of incremental landing impact loads to intact knee joints induces anterior cruciate ligament failure and tibiofemoral cartilage deformation and damage: A preliminary cadaveric investigation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 972-981

  Yeow, C H ^a   Ng, K S ^a   Cheong, C H ^b   Lee, P V S ^a,b,c   Goh, J C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Cartilage damage; Failure mechanism; Knee joint; Landing impact load

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CARTILAGE DAMAGE; FAILURE MECHANISM; KNEE JOINT; LANDING IMPACT LOAD;

CARTILAGE; DEFORMATION; DROPS; LANDING; LIGAMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARTILAGE INJURY; COMPRESSION; DISSECTION; FEMUR; FORCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; CARTILAGE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TIBIA;

EID: 67349153043     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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