In vitro biomechanical testing of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Traditional versus physiologically relevant load analysis

Knee

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-201

  Trump, Mark ^b   Palathinkal, Darren M ^a   Beaupre, Lauren ^b   Otto, Dave ^b   Leung, Paul ^b   Amirfazli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACL; Biosteon Cross Pin; EndoButton CL; Force elongation analysis; Ligament; Stiffness; Toe region

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION DEVICE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TISSUE GRAFT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; KNEE INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79954729211     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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