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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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2021

Anterior cruciate ligament

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Do Patients With A Ruptured Acl, Who Undergo A Hamstring Graft, Have Less Kneeling Pain Than Those Who Undergo A Patellar Tendon Graft?, Savannah Taranto Jan 2021

Do Patients With A Ruptured Acl, Who Undergo A Hamstring Graft, Have Less Kneeling Pain Than Those Who Undergo A Patellar Tendon Graft?, Savannah Taranto

PCOM Physician Assistant Studies Student Scholarship

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this selective EBM review is to determine whether or not “Do patients with a ruptured ACL, who undergo a hamstring graft, have less kneeling pain than those who undergo a patellar tendon graft?”

STUDY DESIGN: A systematic review of three randomized controlled trials published after 2011 comparing the intervention of hamstring tendon graft to the patellar tendon graft.

DATA SOURCES: All three sources were obtained from PubMed based on its relevance to the clinical question, the publication date, as well as the inclusion/exclusion criteria.

OUTCOMES MEASURED: The outcome that is being measured is kneeling pain after …