Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ACL reconstruction with hamstring tendon graft may yield decreased knee flexion strength vs. reconstruction with ...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Patients receiving anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee reconstruction with a hamstring tendon graft rather than a knee tendon graft were less likely to suffer from pain and mobility ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was a significantly increased risk of graft ruptures in adolescent patients who underwent ACL ...

Young athletes who have anterior cruciate ligament surgery are more likely to need an additional surgery if they received a hamstring graft compared to a bone-patellar tendon-bone graft, according to ...

Background Recent innovation in ACL reconstruction has provided improved knee stability and function, however, the effect to decrease the incidence of the second ACL injury has not been established.

Objective We performed a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction (ACLR) using either quadriceps tendon graft (QT) or semitendinosus/gracilis hamstring (STG) graft.

An autograft risk calculator based on patient traits accurately predicted the odds of graft rupture in young, active individuals who underwent anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions with hamstring ...

This week we are going to change gears a little bit and talk about the process that the body takes in recovering from anterior cruciate ligament surgery of the knee. ACL surgery is a very trying ...

Whether it is from trauma or as the result of an athletic injury, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears affect up to 200,000 Americans each year. However, data from the Shelbourne Knee Center’s ...

An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, an injury of the knee, can be devastating to a young athlete. While the ACL can be reconstructed through surgery, there is a high risk of re-injury in ...