Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Peroneus longus vs. hamstring tendon autograft may provide faster return to sport for patients undergoing ACL ...

Hamstring tendon autografts are as effective as Achilles tendon allografts for repairing posterior cruciate ligament injuries, a retrospective study shows. Jin Hwan Ahn, MD, and colleagues at the ...

The addition of lateral extra-articular tenodesis to a hamstring autograft in knee surgery in young active patients significantly reduces graft failure and persistent anterolateral rotatory laxity at ...

2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3 Department of Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, ...

Graft size, sex and age have a significant effect on the odds of an ACL re-tear post reconstruction with a hamstring graft, say researchers at conclusion of a recent study. Graft size, sex and age ...

July 12, 2011 (San Diego, California) — The use of smaller hamstring graft size and younger age are both significant predictors of failure in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, and are ...

Your hamstring is a group of three muscles along the back of your thigh. These muscles help you bend your knee and straighten and rotate your leg. If the muscle fibers or tendons that connect your ...

Nashville, Tenn., (3:40 EDT--July 9, 2021)--An analysis of MRI images of the tissue grafts used for patients who underwent surgery to repair the anterior cruciate knee ligament suggests grafts used ...