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 ...

There are two important tendons in the knee. The quadriceps tendon connects your quadriceps muscle, on the front of your thigh, to the kneecap. The patellar tendon connects the kneecap to the ...

Quadriceps tendon autograft has similar clinical outcomes when compared to hamstring tendon and bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts for revision ACL reconstruction: a systematic review and meta ...

The clinical features and investigations suggested a tear of the quadriceps tendon, with pre-existing chronic calcific enthesopathy. The operative findings were of an acute collection of calcific ...

Jumper’s knee happens due to repeated stress on the patellar or quadriceps tendon during jumping activities. The added strain leads to the symptoms of jumper’s knee. This injury mostly affects ...

An avulsion fracture happens when a fragment of the kneecap detaches because of an “excessive pull of the quadriceps tendon ...

This pain may result when soccer players strain their patellar tendon, which connects the kneecap to the lower leg bone, the quadricep tendon above the kneecap or the retinaculum (which supports ...

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 ...

NFL Network's Jim Harbaugh on quarterback Justin Herbert's practice return: Felt like I could hear 'voices of angels'. Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins shares why he made the decision to join ...