Biomechanical Properties of Knee Medial Collateral Ligament Compared to Palmaris Longus for Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction.
Graft
Knee medial collateral ligament
Palmaris longus
UCL reconstruction
Journal
Annals of biomedical engineering
ISSN: 1573-9686
Titre abrégé: Ann Biomed Eng
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0361512
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
Historique:
received:
01
12
2022
accepted:
20
03
2023
medline:
10
7
2023
pubmed:
20
4
2023
entrez:
19
04
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (UCLR) is frequently performed among injured overhead-throwing athletes. One of the most common graft choices when performing a UCLR is the ipsilateral palmaris longus tendon (PL). The purpose of this study was to investigate the material properties of aseptically processed cadaveric knee collateral ligaments (kMCL) as a potential graft source for UCLR and compare them to the gold standard PL autograft. Each PL and kMCL cadaveric sample was subjected to cyclic preconditioning, stress relaxation, and load-to-failure testing, and the mechanical properties were recorded. PL samples exhibited a greater average decrease in stress compared to the kMCL samples during the stress-relaxation test (p < 0.0001). PL samples also demonstrated a greater average Young's modulus in the linear region of the stress-strain curve compared to the kMCL samples (p < 0.01). The average yield strain and maximum strain of kMCL samples were significantly greater than the PL, p = 0.03 and 0.02, respectively. Both graft materials had comparable maximum toughness and demonstrated a similar ability to deform plastically without rupture. The clinical significance of our result is that prepared knee medial collateral ligament allografts may provide a viable graft material for use in the reconstruction of elbow ligaments.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37076695
doi: 10.1007/s10439-023-03188-z
pii: 10.1007/s10439-023-03188-z
pmc: PMC10326149
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
Pagination
1795-1801Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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