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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Evaluation of Cruciate Ligament Prostheses - Critique of Current Concepts and Procedures 1
Passive and Dynamic Stability of the Knee Joint 19
Sensory Endings in Ligaments: Response Properties and Effects on Proprioception and Motor Control 39
Morphological Evaluation of Bone-Ligament Interaction in Biological and Artificial Reconstruction 85
Mesomechanical Modeling of Living Soft Tissue 99
Fundamental Considerations on Cruciate Ligament Surgery 115
The History of Ligament Substitutes 143
A Classification of Prosthetic Ligament Failures 167
Computer-Assisted Planning of Prosthetic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Insertion 193
Isometric Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Femoral and Tibial Tunnel Placement 203
Considerations on the Biomechanics of the Knee Joint with Regard to Ligament Reconstruction, Especially with a Polyethylene-Terephthalate Alloplastic Ligament (Trevira Ligament) 227
Reconstruction of Cruciate Ligaments Using a Synthetic Ligament of Polyethylene Terephthalate (Trevira Ligament) 245
Isolated and Combined Posterior Cruciate Ligament Instability 255
Polyethylene Fibers as Substitute for Anterior Cruciate Knee Ligament in Goats: A Histological Study 281
Motion-Induced Inhibition of Effective Osseous Fixation of a Polyethylene Filamentous Prosthesis: Histological, Histomorphometrical, and Biomechanical Studies of a High-Tensile Polyethylene Filamentous Braid for Replacement of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in Goats 289
Artificial Materials and Structures for Extracellular Matrix Scaffolding of Orthopedic Tissues: A Review 303
Biochemical and Mechanical Stimulation of Knee Fibroblasts for Regeneration of Ligaments In Vitro 343
Tissue-Engineered Ligament 367
Subject Index 379