Effect of patellar tendon shortening on tracking of the patella

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1565-1574

  Upadhyay, Neil ^a,b   Vollans, Samuel R ^a   Seedhom, Bahaa B ^a   Soames, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal and Rehabilitation Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; Patellar tendon graft; Patellar tendon shortening; Patellar tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLA TENDON SHORTENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PATELLA; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 25844519728     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505275346     Document Type: Article

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