The quadriceps tendon helps you straighten your leg. Meanwhile, below the patella, you’ll find the patellar tendon. That connects to your tibia, a bone in your lower leg.

Quadriceps tendon surgical repair Most people with quadriceps tendinitis don’t need surgery. But if nonsurgical treatments don’t work, or if your injury is severe, you might need surgical repair.

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 ...

To repair an ACL, surgeons typically borrow tissue from another part of the body, like a hamstring or quadriceps tendon, to reconstruct the ligament.

Most athletes try to avoid dwelling on serious injuries — especially ones that could lead to surgery, long recovery times and ...

Objectives: To ascertain whether detailed isokinetic knee muscle testing reflects the results of other functional measurements in footballers and to look for any correlations between quadriceps tendon ...

Key takeaways: ACL reconstruction with both hamstring and quadriceps tendon autografts yielded satisfactory functional improvements. Lysholm, Tegner and VAS pain scores all improved from pre ...

Dr. Alastair Younger, MB, Ch.B, M.Sc, Ch.M, F.R.C.S.(C), Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon, discusses surgical repair of the achilles tendon. Senate Republicans Won't Accept House Tax And ...

The Bucks announced Monday that the seven-time All-NBA guard had torn his Achilles tendon. The Bucks played without Lillard in Game 5 on Tuesday and lost 119-118 in overtime at Indiana, enabling ...

Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods underwent successful surgery Tuesday to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left ...

Tiger Woods announced Tuesday on social media that he ruptured his left Achilles and underwent successful surgery to repair the tendon. Woods said he felt a “sharp pain” in his left Achilles ...

Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods underwent successful surgery Tuesday to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon in his left leg, one month before the first major championship of the season.