Tensile forces on repaired medial meniscal root tears

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-212

  Stärke, Christian ^a   Kopf, Sebastian ^b   Lippisch, Roland ^a   Lohmann, Christoph H ^a   Becker, Roland ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Hospital Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMUR; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA;

EID: 84873178558     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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