Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 760-765 , September 2010

The patellar tendon bar! Is it a necessary feature?

  • N.A. Abu Osman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +60 3 79674581; fax: +60 3 79674579.
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  • W.D. Spence

      Affiliations

    • Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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  • S.E. Solomonidis

      Affiliations

    • Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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  • J.P. Paul

      Affiliations

    • Bioengineering Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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  • A.M. Weir

      Affiliations

    • Westmarc, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK

Received 14 September 2009 ,Revised 27 April 2010 ,Accepted 29 April 2010.

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PII: S1350-4533(10)00094-9

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.04.020

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 760-765 , September 2010

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