Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 214-222 , February 2010

Graft Tension During Active Knee Extension Exercise in Anatomic Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

  • Tatsuo Mae, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka Kousei-Nenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Tatsuo Mae, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka Kousei-Nenkin Hospital, 4-2-78 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 553-0003, Japan
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  • Konsei Shino, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino, Japan
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  • Norinao Matsumoto, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka Kousei-Nenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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  • Akira Maeda, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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  • Ken Nakata, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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  • Minoru Yoneda, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka Kousei-Nenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Received 11 February 2009 ,Accepted 10 July 2009.

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 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00615-X

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.07.016

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 214-222 , February 2010

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