When the tendon is put into your knee, it’s known as a graft. Three types of grafts can be used with ACL surgery: Autograft. Your doctor uses a tendon from somewhere else in your body (like your ...

From donor tissue we can use other tendons or other ligaments that you obviously couldn't use from your own legs, such as your ankle tendons -- the anterior tibialis or the posterior tibialis.

Among those in the hamstring tendon group, 77% could do at least strenuous activities,compared with 62% in the knee group. When it came to assessing pain while kneeling, 26% of the hamstring group ...

Hamstring grafts prove more effective in ACL knee reconstruction, study says Date: February 19, 2011 Source: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Summary: Patients receiving anterior ...

Background Anterior knee tendon problems are seldom reported in badminton players although the game is obviously stressful to the lower extremities. Hypotheses Painful anterior knee tendons are common ...

The aim of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgery is to provide the patient with a timely return to sport allowing them to participate without any further meniscal damage and having a ...

When one muscle group contracts, the other relaxes, allowing for flexion and extension of the knee. When the hamstring contracts, the knee joint flexes, or bends, and when the quadriceps contracts ...

The study followed 180 knee reconstruction patients, with 90 (48 men and 42 women between the ages of 15-42 years) receiving a patellar tendon (PT) graft and the other 90 (47 men and 43 women ...