Can pre-operative measures predict quadruple hamstring graft diameter?

Knee

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-83

  Ma, C Benjamin ^a   Keifa, Emily ^a   Dunn, Warren ^b   Fu, Freddie H ^c   Harner, Christopher D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Gender differences; Graft diameter; Hamstring; Preoperative measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE GRAFT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX FACTORS; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849119775     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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