Changes in the four-strand hamstring graft in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the skeletally-immature knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-459

  Bollen, S ^a,b   Pease, F ^a   Ehrenraich, A ^a   Church, S ^a   Skinner, J ^a,c   Williams, A ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Yorkshire Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42149172382     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B4.19416     Document Type: Article

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