The effect of initial graft tension on postoperative clinical outcome in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with semitendinosus tendon

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-264

  Kim, Sung Gon ^a   Kurosawa, Hisashi ^a   Sakuraba, Keishoku ^a   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^a   Takazawa, Shunji ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Hamstrings; Initial tension; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE INSTABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; TENSION; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745800626     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-005-0045-x     Document Type: Article

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