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Current state and future prospects of artificial ligaments for treating ACL injuries
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common, especially among athletes. Each year, over 400 000 ACL reconstruction ...
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Similar risk of ACL graft revision for alpine skiers, football and handball players: the graft revision rate is influenced by age and graft choice
Objectives The risk of graft revision following ACL reconstruction may depend on the sport type the individuals are engaged in. The purpose of this study was to report the ACL graft revision rate in ...
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Single leg vertical jump performance identifies knee function deficits at return to sport after ACL reconstruction in male athletes
6 ACLR patients were athletes (preinjury Tegner score ≥7) with a complete, unilateral ACL injury, either with an autologous ipsilateral bone-patellar-tendon-bone or a hamstrings graft (semitendinosus ...
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
If the injury to the ACL also affects the associated structures ... statistically significant differences between these graft types were found: the PT group had a 79% side-to-side difference ...
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Beyond the Score: 'Golden Age' of surgery helping athletes with ACL tears during recovery process
The knowledge of ACL injuries continues to evolve and now - a new operation could make their recovery process a whole lot ...