The Effect of Medial Meniscectomy and Meniscal Allograft Transplantation on Knee and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Biomechanics

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-201

  Spang, Jeffrey T ^a   Dang, Alan B C ^b   Mazzocca, Augustus ^b   Rincon, Lina ^b   Obopilwe, Elifho ^b   Beynnon, Bruce ^c   Arciero, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; MENISCECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIA TORSION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER; FEMUR; FREEZING; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 75149148679     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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