Terminal Sterilization of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Allografts: A Systematic Review of Outcomes [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common and reconstruction can be completed with either autograft or allograft tissue. However, there is concern about an increased failure rate with allograft tissue.
Golijanin, Petar +6 more
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A Novel Method for Assessing Regional Tendon Stiffness and Its Significance
Applied Sciences, 2018 Elastography can be used to estimate the regional shear modulus of a tendon. This can advance our knowledge on the impact of patellar alignment and regional patellar tendon stiffness.
Siu Ngor Fu, Hsing-Kuo Wang, Chen Huang
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International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 2023 # Background The Basas Spanish Squat with electrical stimulation (E-stim) has shown promising results as a potential key exercise in treatment of athletes with patellar tendinopathy.
Carlos Basas +4 more
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Finite-element modelling of mechanobiological factors influencing sesamoid tissue morphology in the patellar tendon of an ostrich [PDF]
, 2017 The appearance and shape of sesamoid bones within a tendon or ligament wrapping around a joint are understood to be influenced by both genetic and epigenetic factors.
Carter DR +6 more
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Revision Patellar Tendon Repair With Anchors, Allograft Augmentation, and Suspensory Fixation
Arthroscopy Techniques, 2020 Ruptures of the patellar tendon are rare but potentially devastating injuries reported to occur most commonly in active males in their third and fourth decades of life. Repair failure rates have been reported to range between 2% and 50% based on surgical
Daniel B. Haber, M.D. +3 more
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Comparative US-MRI evaluation of the Insall–Salvati index [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: To investigate whether the universally accepted range of normal patellar height ratio derived from MRI for the Insall–Salvati (IS) method could be similarly applied to ultrasound (US).
Casinelli, Alice +6 more
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Sonoelastography in the diagnosis of tendinopathies: An added value [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: sonoelastography helps in the detection of abnormalities not yet evident on B-mode exam. METHODS: in this observational study, we report a collection of cases of symptomatic patients without alterations at ultrasound imaging but with ...
Abate, Michele +7 more
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Transosseous-Equivalent Repair for Distal Patellar Tendon Avulsion
Arthroscopy Techniques, 2016 Extensor mechanism disruptions are relatively uncommon injuries involving injury to the quadriceps tendon, patella, or patellar tendon. Patellar tendon avulsions from the tibial tubercle in adults are rare; as such, little technical information has been ...
David K. Galos, M.D. +4 more
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Relationship between Tibial conformation, cage size and advancement achieved in TTA procedure [PDF]
, 2018 Previous studies have suggested that there is a theoretical discrepancy between the cage size and the resultant tibial tuberosity advancement, with the cage size consistently providing less tibial tuberosity advancement than predicted.
AA Fettig +27 more
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Association between patellar tendon moment arm and running performance in endurance runners
Physiological Reports, 2021 A shorter joint moment arm (MA) may help maintain the necessary muscle force when muscle contractions are repeated. This beneficial effect may contribute to reducing the energy cost during running.
Hiromasa Ueno +8 more
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