Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in females: A comparison of hamstring tendon and patellar tendon autografts

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1070-1076

  Siebold, Rainer ^a   Webster, Kate E ^a   Feller, Julian A ^a   Sutherland, Alasdair G ^a   Elliott, Johanna ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Female; Hamstring tendon; Patellar tendon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TENDON; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750737738     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0100-3     Document Type: Article

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