Predictors for hamstring graft diameter in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1945-1949

  Tuman, Jeffrey M ^a   Diduch, David R ^b   Rubino, L Joseph ^c   Baumfeld, Joshua A ^d   Nguyen, Henry S ^b   Hart, Joseph M ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Graft diameter; Hamstring; Knee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE GRAFT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TELEPHONE; TENDON;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SEX FACTORS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35648934607     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507304667     Document Type: Article

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