The use of magnetic resonance imaging to predict ACL graft structural properties

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2843-2846

  Fleming, Braden C ^a   Vajapeyam, Sridhar ^b   Connolly, Susan A ^b   Magarian, Elise M ^b   Murray, Martha M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Ligament; MRI; Reconstruction; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

ACL; ACL RECONSTRUCTION; ANTEROPOSTERIOR; FAILURE LOAD; LINEAR STIFFNESS; PATELLAR TENDON; T2 RELAXATION; TENSILE FAILURES;

ANIMALS; BONE; COLLAGEN; FORECASTING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAFTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RESONANCE;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTEROPOSTERIOR LAXITY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; GRAFT FAILURE; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; KNEE FUNCTION; LOADING TEST; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL TORSION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMUR; GOATS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80055095804     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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