Biomechanical comparisons of knee stability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction between 2 clinically available transtibial procedures: Anatomic double bundle versus single bundle

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1349-1358

  Kondo, Eiji ^a,b   Merican, Azhar M ^a,c   Yasuda, Kazunori ^b   Amis, Andrew A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

anatomic double bundle reconstruction; anterior cruciate ligament; biomechanics; hamstring tendon autograft; pivot shift instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TENDON; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 77954339392     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510361234     Document Type: Article

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