Aging and sex-related changes in the biomechanical properties of the rabbit medial collateral ligament

SLY Woo, KJ Ohland, JA Weiss - Mechanisms of ageing and development, 1990 - Elsevier
The effects of aging and sex on the tensile properties of the rabbit medial collateral ligament
(MCL) were examined. The femur-MCL-tibia complex (FMTC) of male and female rabbits, of …

Healing characteristics of a type I collagenous structure treated with corticosteroids

ME Wiggins, PD Fadale, H Barrach… - … American Journal of …, 1994 - journals.sagepub.com
One hundred twenty-eight skeletally mature New Zea land White rabbits were used to study
the effect of a single corticosteroid injection on the biomechanical, biochemical, and …

Cross-sectional area measurement of soft tissue. A new casting method

A Race, AA Amis - Journal of Biomechanics, 1996 - Elsevier
A new replica moulding technique for determining cross-sectional area has been
developed. The accuracy of this technique has been investigated. Comparisons have been …

Measurement of changes in ligament tension with knee motion and skeletal maturation

SLY Woo, JA Weiss, MA Gomez, DA Hawkins - 1990 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This study was designed to determine the in situ strains, stresses, and loads in the medial
collateral ligament (MCL) of skeletally immature and mature rabbits. Using a noncontact …

Biomechanics and morphology of the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments

SLY Woo, JA Weiss, DA MacKenna - Biomechanics of Diarthrodial Joints …, 1990 - Springer
The ligaments of the knee serve to guide normal joint motion and provide stability. They are
composed of densely packed collagen fibers, running parallel to the axis of loading. When …

[PDF][PDF] Biomechanical evaluation of novel concepts in soft tissue knee reconstruction

BR Lord - 2017 - core.ac.uk
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a common injury associated with a failure to
return to sport and early osteoarthritis. The optimal technique for ACL reconstruction (ACLR) …