Traditional bone-patellar tendon-bone and hamstring tendon ACL grafts are not without limitations ... has demonstrated the utility of quadriceps tendon autograft in arthroscopic knee ligament ...
A study of NCAA Division I football players revealed persistent atrophy in the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles 2 years after ACL reconstruction despite full return to play.“Quadriceps deficits ...
Participants: Seventy-three individuals with complete unilateral rupture of the ACL scheduled for reconstruction with a bone-patellar-bone autograft were included in the study, from where 60 were ...
Quadriceps tendon autograft has similar clinical outcomes when compared to hamstring tendon and bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts for revision ACL reconstruction: a systematic review and meta ...
Six of the patients waited and underwent ACL reconstruction when skeletally ... [16] published their results using a patellar tendon autograft in adolescents with open growth plates and ...
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ACL Surgery: Overview
Medically reviewed by Maria M. LoTempio, MD The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four primary ligaments that ...