A novel method to determine suture anchor loading after rotator cuff repair: A study of two double-row techniques

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-28

  Khoury, Lisa D ^a   Kwon, Young W ^b,c   Kummer, Frederick J ^b,d  

^a Division of Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

^d NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATIENT POSITIONING; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE ANCHOR;

CADAVER; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUTURE ANCHORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77951194447     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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