Short-term functional and clinical outcomes after ACL reconstruction with hamstrings autograft: Transtibial versus anteromedial portal technique

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1904-1909

  Koutras, Georgios ^a   Papadopoulos, Pericles ^b   Terzidis, Ioannis P ^c   Gigis, Ioannis ^b   Pappas, Evangelos ^d  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c St Loukas General Hospital   (Greece)

^d Long Island University Brooklyn Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic ACL reconstruction; Femoral tunnel drilling; Rehabilitation outcomes; Rotational instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TORQUE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOGRAFTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS; TORQUE;

EID: 84880578245     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2323-9     Document Type: Article

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