Strategies for repair of radial tears close to the meniscal rim-biomechanical analysis with a cyclic loading protocol

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2281-2287

  Herbort, Mirco ^a   Siam, Sami ^a   Lenschow, Simon ^a   Petersen, Wolf ^b   Zantop, Thore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Martin Luther Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; biomechanical testing; cyclic loading; meniscal sutures; meniscus fixation techniques; radial meniscal tears

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SUTURE; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUTURES; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78449288458     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510382847     Document Type: Article

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