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Electromechanical Delay Of The Knee Extensor Muscles Is Not Altered After Harvesting The Patellar Tendon As A Graft For Acl Reconstruction: Implications For Sports Performance, Anastasios D. Georgoulis, Stavros Ristanis, Anastasios Papadonikolakis, Elias Tsepis, U. Moebius
Electromechanical Delay Of The Knee Extensor Muscles Is Not Altered After Harvesting The Patellar Tendon As A Graft For Acl Reconstruction: Implications For Sports Performance, Anastasios D. Georgoulis, Stavros Ristanis, Anastasios Papadonikolakis, Elias Tsepis, U. Moebius
Journal Articles
Although the scar tissue, which heals the donor site defect, has different elasticity from the neighbouring patellar tissue, it remains unclear if this scar tissue can lead to the changes of the electromechanical delay (EMD) of the knee extensor muscles. If such changes do exist, they can possibly affect both the utilization of the stored energy in the series elastic component, as well as the optimal performance of the knee joint movement. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of harvesting the patellar tendon during anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and the associated patellar tendon scar tissue …