Does graft construct lengthening at the fixations cause an increase in anterior laxity following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in vivo?

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Smith, Conrad K ^a   Hull, M L ^b   Howell, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT GRAFT; ANTERIOR-CRUCIATE-LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; FIXATION DEVICE; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; ROENTGEN STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS; SERIES MODEL; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; SOFT TISSUE; TANTALUM MARKERS;

LIGAMENTS; STIFFNESS; SURGERY; TANTALUM;

BONE;

TANTALUM;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HEALING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT LAXITY; MALE; RIGIDITY; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; TENDON GRAFT; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955347327     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001027     Document Type: Article

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