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ArticleJournal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials2020

Shear wave speeds track axial stress in porcine collateral ligaments.

Jonathon L Blank, Darryl G Thelen, Joshua D Roth

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Article in Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Shear wave propagation as a noninvasive metric of loading and microdamage in tendon fascicles.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2025
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  4. Adjacent tissues modulate shear wave propagation in axially loaded tendons.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2023
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  5. Shear wave tensiometry tracks reductions in collateral ligament tension due to incremental releases.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023
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  7. Development and evaluation of ligament phantoms targeted for shear wave tensiometry.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonathon L BlankDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: jlblank@wisc.edu.
Darryl G ThelenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Joshua D RothDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: roth@ortho.wisc.edu.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases Training GrantT32AG000213 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Rozalyn M. Anderson, Sanjay Asthana · 1991 to 2026
$9.9M
Intraoperative Measurement of Ligament Tension to Guide Knee ArthroplastyR21EB024957 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI THELEN, DARRYL G · 2018 to 2019
$409k
NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000213NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB024957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ligament tension is an important factor that can affect the success of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures. However, surgeons currently lack objective approaches for assessing tension in a particular ligament intraoperatively. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of noninvasive shear wave tensiometry to characterize stress in medial and lateral collateral ligaments (MCLs and LCLs) ex vivo and evaluate the capacity of shear wave speed to predict axial load. Nine porcine MCL and LCL specimens were subjected to cyclic axial loading while shear wave speeds were measured using laser vibrometry. We found that squared shear wave speed increased linearly with stress in both the MCL (r

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeCollateral LigamentsAnimalsCalibrationKnee JointLigamentsSwineWeight-BearingNon-invasive intraoperative sensor developmentOrthopedic surgeryShear wave tensiometrySoft tissue balancingTotal knee arthroplasty

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PMID32279848
PMCPMC7211043
OpenAlexW3007618070

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