Regional mechanical properties of human patellar tendon allografts

Purpose Very little is known regarding regional biomechanical properties of patellar tendon allografts. Methods Ten human bone–tendon–bone (BTB) patellar grafts were separated into equal thirds and underwent cyclic and failure testing. Grafts were non-irradiated and processed using proprietary steri...

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Published in:Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2015-04, Vol.23 (4), p.961-967
Main Authors: Yanke, Adam, Bell, Rebecca, Lee, Andrew, Shewman, Elizabeth F., Wang, Vincent, Bach, Bernard R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Allografts
Anterior Cruciate Ligament - surgery
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction - methods
Biomechanical Phenomena
Biomechanics
Bone surgery
Female
Humans
Knee
Knee Injuries - surgery
Ligaments
Male
Mechanical properties
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Orthopedics
Patellar Ligament - physiopathology
Patellar Ligament - transplantation
Polyvinyl chloride
Regions
Tendons - physiopathology
Tendons - transplantation
Transplantation, Homologous
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Summary:Purpose Very little is known regarding regional biomechanical properties of patellar tendon allografts. Methods Ten human bone–tendon–bone (BTB) patellar grafts were separated into equal thirds and underwent cyclic and failure testing. Grafts were non-irradiated and processed using proprietary sterilization methods. Results The central third was the thickest region (4.9 ± 0.4 mm) compared to the medial and lateral ( p  
ISSN:0942-2056
1433-7347
DOI:10.1007/s00167-013-2768-5