Traditional bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon ACL grafts are not without limitations. A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of ...

The knowledge of ACL injuries continues to evolve and now - a new operation could make their recovery process a whole lot ...

There are a few ACL graft options that may be considered. Autografts, those taken from elsewhere in your own body, can be harvested from: The patellar tendon The hamstring tendon Quadriceps tendon ...

If the injury to the ACL also affects ... compared with HS tendon autografts. [2] Using KT-1000 arthrometer testing, statistically significant differences between these graft types were found ...

Mild to moderate preoperative patellar tendinopathy may not significantly affect postoperative outcomes of ACL ...

When a surgeon replaces the ACL depending on the type of surgery performed, the ligament can be anywhere from 100% to 200% as strong as the original ligament. Quadricep grafts, patellar tendon ...

The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate whether hamstring-quadriceps co-activation altered knee joint motion and limited ACL elongation during a step-up task. Although preliminary ...

for bone patellar tendon bone (BPTB) and hamstring tendons (HT) grafts separately, and related to age at primary operation and sex. Results A total of 711 grafts in 14 201 primary ACL reconstructions ...