Effect of harvesting the hamstrings tendon for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on the morphology and movement of the hamstrings muscle: A novel MRI technique

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-227

  Hioki, Shigeru ^a,b   Fukubayashi, Toru ^c   Ikeda, Kotaro ^b   Niitsu, Mamoru ^b   Ochiai, Naoyuki ^b  

^a Kinu Medical Association Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Hamstrings tendon; Knee; Semitendinosus muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTIC SURGERY; TENDON; TENDON GRAFT; KNEE INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH;

EID: 0642371990     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0361-z     Document Type: Article

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