Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a quadrupled hamstrings tendon autograft does not restore tibial rotation to normative levels during landing from a jump and subsequent pivoting

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-70

  Chouliaras, V ^a   Ristanis, S ^a   Moraiti, C ^a   Tzimas, V ^a   Stergiou, N ^b   Georgoulis, A D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Bone patellar tendon bone graft; Gait; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; ROTATION; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TENDON; TIBIA; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATION; SPORTS; TENDONS; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 67649112801     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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