Post-operative analysis of ACL tibial fixation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 730-736

  Chizari, Mahmoud ^a   Snow, Martyn ^b   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D tibia model; ACL reconstruction; Finite element modelling; MR scan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650896236     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0685-9     Document Type: Article

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