In Situ Forces in the Anteromedial and Posterolateral Bundles of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament under Simulated Functional Loading Conditions

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 558-563

  Wu, Jia Lin ^a,b   Jong Keun Seon, ^a,c   Gadikota, Hemanth R ^a   Hosseini, Ali ^a,d   Sutton, Karen M ^a   Gill, Thomas J ^a   Li, Guoan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; double bundle; in situ force; muscle load

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77953381417     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509350110     Document Type: Article

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