Relationship between tunnel widening and different rehabilitation procedures after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with quadrupled hamstring tendons

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 320-326

  Yu, Jia Kuo ^a   Paessler, Hans H ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior, cruciate ligament; Gracilis tendon; Semitendinosus tendon; Tunnel widening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; X RAY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 14644401152     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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