The relationship between anterior tibial acceleration, tibial slope, and ACL strain during a simulated jump landing task

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1310-1317

  McLean, Scott G ^a   Oh, Youkeun K ^b   Palmer, Mark L ^a   Lucey, Sarah M ^a   Lucarelli, Dustin G ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^b   Wojtys, Edward M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b 3208 GGB (George G Brown Laboratory)   (United States)

^c Domino's Farms Ann Arbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE FORCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 80052849020     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00259     Document Type: Article

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