ACL graft migration under cyclic loading

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1065-1070

  Staerke, Christian ^a   Möhwald, Andreas ^a   Gröbel, Karl Heinz ^b   Bochwitz, Carsten ^a   Becker, Roland ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Otto von Guericke Magdeburg   (Germany)

^c City Hospital Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Materials failure analysis; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; SWINE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; SWINE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77954759469     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0970-2     Document Type: Article

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