Cadaveric Study of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Failure Patterns Under Uniaxial Tension Along the Ligament

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 957-967

  Paschos, Nikolaos K ^a   Gartzonikas, Dimitrios ^a   Barkoula, Nektaria Marianthi ^a   Moraiti, Constantina ^a   Paipetis, Alkis ^a   Matikas, Theodore E ^a   Georgoulis, Anastasios D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CAMERA; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; RIGIDITY; TIBIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VIDEO RECORDING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77953925314     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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