Reliability and methodology of quantitative assessment of harvested and unharvested patellar tendons of ACL injured athletes using ultrasound tissue characterization

Reliability and methodology of quantitative assessment of harvested and unharvested patellar tendons of ACL injured athletes using ultrasound tissue characterization

Abstract Background Ultrasound tissue characterization (UTC) imaging has been previously used to describe the characteristics of patellar and Achilles tendons. UTC imaging compares and correlates successive ultrasonographic transverse tendon images to calculate the distribution of four color-coded e...

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Main Authors: Carla S. Pereira, Rafael C. G. Santos, Rod Whiteley, Taija Finni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
Anterior cruciate ligament
Echo-types distribution
Graft
Tendon quality
UTC
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13102-019-0124-x

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