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 ...

12 13 Exclusion criteria were: acute knee or patellar tendon injuries, prior knee surgery without full rehabilitation ... 5 repetitions of 45 s mid-range (60° knee flexion) quadriceps isometric hold ...

Knees with a quadriceps tendon width at 2 and 5 cm above the patella that differed by less than 1 cm had more statistically significant patellar degeneration in all patellar locations than knees ...

Smith had his operation on Tuesday, when AFL.com.au understands his surgeon Dr David Young used a quadriceps tendon to reconstruct his ACL. In more than 80 per cent of traditional knee reconstructions ...

CARLTON forward Jarrod Pickett has suffered a ruptured patella tendon and will require surgery after injuring himself at training on Thursday morning. Pickett's right leg looked to buckle underneath ...

An avulsion fracture happens when a fragment of the kneecap detaches because of an “excessive pull of the quadriceps tendon or patellar ligament,” according to the Cureus Journal of Medical ...