Tension Degradation of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Grafts With Dynamic Flexion-Extension Loading: A Biomechanical Model in Porcine Knees

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1115-1125

  Dargel, Jens ^a,c   Koebke, Jürgen ^a   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^b   Pennig, Dietmar ^c   Schmidt Wiethoff, Rüdiger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Orthopaedics   (Germany)

^d ARCUS Sportklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Cyclic testing; Graft tension; Hamstring graft; Knee; Patellar tendon

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; DEGRADATION; KNEE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TENDON GRAFT; TENSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PRESSURE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUS SCROFA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70349433538     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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