Biomechanics of the porcine triple bundle anterior cruciate ligament

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-25

  Kato, Yuki ^a,c   Ingham, Sheila J M ^a   Linde Rosen, Monica ^a,b   Smolinski, Patrick ^a,b   Horaguchi, Takashi ^c   Fu, Freddie H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; In situ force; Porcine knee; Three bundles

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249141360     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0893-y     Document Type: Article

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