The effect of femoral tunnel placement on ACL graft orientation and length during in vivo knee flexion

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1914-1920

  Abebe, Ermias S ^a   Kim, Jong Pil ^a   Utturkar, Gangadhar M ^a   Taylor, Dean C ^a   Spritzer, Charles E ^b   Moorman, Claude T ^a   Garrett, William E ^a   DeFrate, Louis E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Biomechanics; Deformation; Gait; Graft; Joint; Kinematics; Knee; Placement; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; GAIT; JOINT; KNEE; PLACEMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); KINEMATICS; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959515483     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.030     Document Type: Article

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