Tension patterns of the anteromedial and posterolateral grafts in a double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 879-884

  Wu, Changfu ^a   Noorani, Sabrina ^a   Vercillo, Fabio ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Double bundle; Tension pattern

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; TORQUE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67649588686     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20822     Document Type: Article

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