The Effect of a Nonanatomic Repair of the Meniscal Horn Attachment on Meniscal Tension: A Biomechanical Study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-365

  Stärke, Christian ^a   Kopf, Sebastian ^a   Gröbel, Karl Heinz ^a   Becker, Roland ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b City Hospital Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE DEFORMATION; CARTILAGE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; MENISCAL REPAIR; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TENSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MENISCI, TIBIAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 77549083370     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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