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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Atreon Orthopedics, LLC, a Columbus based innovator in tissue healing and regenerative technologies, has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the use of ...