Mechanical assessment of two different methods of tripling hamstring tendons when using suspensory fixation

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 262-267

  Snow, Martyn ^a   Cheung, William ^a   Mahmud, Jamaluddin ^b   Evans, Sam ^b   Holt, Catherine ^b   Wang, Bin ^c   Chizari, Mahmoud ^c  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double triple tendon; Mechanical testing; Suspensory fixation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TENDON; TENODESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPLANTATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENODESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84856084374     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1619-5     Document Type: Article

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