Effects of additional gracilis tendon harvest on muscle torque, motor coordination, and knee laxity in ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1287-1292

  Yosmaoglu, Hayri Baran ^a   Baltaci, Gul ^a   Ozer, Hamza ^b   Atay, Ahmet ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hamstring; Semitendinosus; Strength; Tracking trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RADIOGRAPHY; TENDON; TORQUE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960307329     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1412-5     Document Type: Article

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