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Article Dans Une Revue Advances in Biomechanics and Applications Année : 2014

Biomechanical evaluation of a bioactive artificial anterior cruciate ligament

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This study aimed to assess the biomechanical performance of a new generation of artificial ligament, which can be considered “bioactive” and “biointegrated,” implanted in sheep. Thirty sheep were implanted: 15 sheep received the artificial ligament grafted with a bioactive polymer (grafted) and 15 received the artificial ligament without a bioactive polymer (non-grafted). The animals were sacrificed 3 or 12 months after implantation. The knee kinematics, namely flexion-extension, anterior drawer, and varusvalgus tests, were evaluated using a fully characterized custom-made device. Afterward, the specimens were tested under uniaxial tension until failure. The flexion-extension showed significant differences between (grafted or non-grafted) artificial and native ligaments 3 months after implantation. This difference became non-significant 12 months postoperatively. The anterior tibial drawer was significantly increased 3 months after implantation and remained significantly different only for non-grafted ligament 12 months after implantation. Twelve months after implantation, the differences between grafted and non-grafted ligament biomechanical properties were significant in terms of stiffness. In terms of load to failure, grafted ligaments seem to have had slightly better performance than non-grafted ligaments 12 months postoperatively. Overall these results suggest that grafted artificial ligaments have slightly better biomechanical characteristics than non-grafted artificial ligaments 12 months after implantation in sheep.
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hal-01164007 , version 1 (08-11-2017)

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Sandra Guerard, Mathieu Manaserro, Véronique Viateau, Véronique Migonney, Wafa Skalli, et al.. Biomechanical evaluation of a bioactive artificial anterior cruciate ligament. Advances in Biomechanics and Applications, 2014, 1 (4), pp.239-252. ⟨10.12989/aba.2014.1.4.239⟩. ⟨hal-01164007⟩
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