Regeneration of hamstring tendons after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 898-905

  Janssen, Rob P A ^a   van der Velden, Maria J F ^a   Pasmans, Huub L M ^a   Sala, Harm A G M ^a  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Gracilis; Hamstring; MRI; Regeneration; Semitendinosus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875378735     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2125-0     Document Type: Article

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