Strength and regrowth of hamstring tendons after hamstring autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 334-339

  Battaglia, Todd C ^a   Miller, Mark D ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Hamstring; Regeneration; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; TISSUE REGENERATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 25844470915     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bto.0000177755.47733.86     Document Type: Article

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