Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 99-113 , March 2006

A constitutive model of the posterior cruciate ligament

  • Georges Limbert

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Research Unit, The Cardiff Medicentre, UWCM, Dental School, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ, UK
    • FIRST Numerics Ltd., Cardiff, UK
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  • John Middleton

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Research Unit, The Cardiff Medicentre, UWCM, Dental School, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4UJ, UK

Received 13 September 2004 ,Revised 2 March 2005 ,Accepted 4 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.03.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 2 , Pages 99-113 , March 2006

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