Prospective clinical comparisons of semitendinosus versus semitendinosus and gracilis tendon autografts for anatomic double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 754-761

  Inagaki, Yusuke ^a,b   Kondo, Eiji ^a   Kitamura, Nobuto ^a   Onodera, Jun ^a   Yagi, Tomonori ^c   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^b   Yasuda, Kazunori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yamanotedori Yagi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL TUNNEL DIAMETER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL KNEE DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE SCORE; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE INSTABILITY; LYSHOLM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEAK MUSCLE TORQUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SEMITENDINOSUS AND GRACILIS TENDON GRAFT; SEMITENDINOSUS TENDON GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON GRAFT; TIBIAL TUNNEL DIAMETER;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOGRAFTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS;

EID: 84885476765     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-013-0427-9     Document Type: Article

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