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ACL Reconstruction Journal Articles

ACL Reconstruction Aggressive Rehabilitation

  • Anterior Laxity and Patient-Reported Outcomes 7 years after ACL Reconstruction with a Fresh-frozen Tibialis Allograft (Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthroscopy 2016)
  • The Effect of Graft Tissue on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Outcomes: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Autograft Hamstrings With Fresh-Frozen Anterior Tibialis Allograft (Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery 2012)
  • Anterior Laxity, Slippage, and Recovery of Function in the First Year After Tibialis Allograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (American Journal of Sports Medicine 2011)
  • Tension In A Double Loop Tendon Anterior Cruciate Graft (2005)
  • Endoscopic & Two-Incision Technique (December 1998)
  • Brace-Free Rehabilitation (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1996)
  • Anterior Tibial Translation (February 1990)

ACL Fixation

  • Roentgen Stereophotogrammetric Analysis Methods for Determining Ten Causes of Lengthening of a Soft-Tissue Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Construct (August 2008)
  • Can Markers Injected Into a Single – Loop Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Define the Axes of the Tibial and Femoral Tunnels? (August 2008)
  • High-Stiffness Distal Fixation Restores Anterior Laxity & Stiffness (August 2007)
  • Time-Related Changes in the Cross-Sectional Area of the Tibial Tunnel After Compaction (August 2006)
  • The EZLoc: A Simple, Rigid Femoral Fixation Device for a Soft Tissue Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft (2005)
  • The WasherLoc & Bone Dowel (2005)
  • How Cyclic Loading Affects Migration of Radio-Opaque Markers (February 2004)
  • Foam-Reinforced Elderly Human Tibia Approximates Young Human Tibia Better Than Porcine Tibia (2004)
  • Lengthening of Double-Looped Tendon Graft Constructs in 3 Regions After Cyclic Loading (November 2003)
  • How 4 Weeks of Implantation Can Affect a Tendon Graft in a Bone Tunnel (2002)
  • Structural Properties of Six Tibial Fixation Methods for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Soft Tissue Grafts (1999)
  • Contributions of Femoral Fixation Methods to the Stiffness of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Replacements

Tibial Tunnel Placement – Impingement

  • Rationale for Strategic Graft Placement in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: I.D.E.A.L. Femoral Tunnel Position (2015)
  • Checkpoints for Judging Tunnel and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Placement (April 2009)
  • Avoiding ACL Graft Impingement: Principles for Tunnel Placement Using the Transtibial Tunnel Technique (June 2007)
  • Does a Tensioning Device Pinned to the Tibia Improve Knee Anterior–Posterior Load-Displacement Compared to Manual Tensioning of the Graft following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction? (July 2006)
  • Loss of Motion Due to Graft Impingement (2006)
  • Avoiding Posterior Cruciate Ligament & Roof Impingement (2005)
  • Gravity Reduces the Tibia When Using a Tibial Guide (2004)
  • Effect of the Angle of the Femoral & Tibial Tunnels (June 2003)
  • The Relationship between the Angle of the Tibial Tunnel (2001)
  • Quadriceps Load Aggravates & Roofplasty Mitigates Active Impingement (July 1998)
  • Principles for Placing the Tibial Tunnel & Avoiding Roof Impingement (1998)
  • Contact Pressure & Tension in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Grafts (December 1996)
  • Knee Extension & Its Relationship to the Slope of the lntercondylar Roof (1995)
  • Arthroscopic Findings Associated with Roof Impingement of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft (1995)
  • Failure of Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Due to Impingment by the Intercondylar Roof (July 1993)
  • Arthroscopic Roofplasty: A Method for Correcting an Extension Deficit Caused by Roof Impingement (1992)
  • Tibial Tunnel Placement in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions & Graft Impingement (October 1992)
  • Serial Magnetic Resonance Study Assessing the Effects of Impingement on the MR Image (1992)
  • A Rationale for Predicting Graft Impingement by the Anterior Cruciate Intercondylar Roof (1991)
  • Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Autografts During First Year (1991)
  • Unimpinged & Impinged Anterior Cruciate Ligament Grafts: MR Signal Intensity Measurements (June 1991)

DLSTG Graft Mechanics

  • Coupled Motions Under Compressive Load in Intact and ACL-Deficient Knees: A Cadaveric Study (December 2007)
  • Empirical Relationship Between Lengthening an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft (December 2006)
  • A Cadaveric Study of Two Tibial Fixation Devices (March 2006)
  • Early Tension Loss in an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft (February 2005)
  • Tension In A Double Loop Tendon Anterior Cruciate Graft (2005)
  • Initial Tension and Anterior Load-Displacement Behavior of High-Stiffness Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft (August 2004)
  • How the Fixation Method Stiffness & Initial Tension Affect Anterior Load (August 2003)
  • Effect of the Angle of the Femoral & Tibial Tunnels in the Coronal Plane (June 2003)
  • A Biomechanical Evaluation of Anterior and Posterior Tibialis Tendons (2002)
  • A Method for Quantifying the Anterior Load–Displacement Behavior of the Human Knee (July 2001)
  • Comparison of Viscoelastic, Structural & Material Properties of Double-Looped Anterior Cruciate Ligament Grafts (April 2001)
  • Evaluation of the Single-Incision Arthroscopic Technique for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Replacement (1999)
  • In Vivo Tensile Behavior of a Four-Bundle Hamstring Graft as a Replacement for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (1997)
  • Can an Isometer Predict the Tensile Behavior of a Double-Looped Hamstring Graft…? (1998)

Evolution of Surgical Technique Using DLSTG Graft

  • Controversies in Soft-tissue Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Grafts, Bundles, Tunnels, Fixation, and Harvest (2008)
  • Clinics in Sports Medicine (2007)
  • Autogenous Graft Choices in ACL Reconstruction (2001)
  • Rationale and Endoscopic Technique for Anatomic Placement and Rigid Fixation (1998)
  • Endoscopic Fixation of a Double-Looped Semitendinosus & Gracilis Anterior Cruciate Ligament (July 1996)
  • Arthroscopically Assisted Technique for Preventing Roof Impingement of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (January 1993)

Biology and Blood Supply of DLSTG Graft

  • How Four Weeks of Implantation Affect the Strength and Stiffness of a Tendon Graft in a Bone Tunnel (2002)
  • Revascularization of a Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft During the First Two Years of Implantation (1995)

Meniscal

  • Identification of Cross-Sectional Parameters of Lateral Meniscal Allografts (October 2002)
  • A Study in Human Cadaveric Knees (February 2002)
  • Nonanatomic Location of the Posterior Horn of a Medial Meniscal Autograft Implanted in a Cadaveric Knee (2002)
  • Use of Roentgenography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Predict Meniscal Geometry (2000)
  • Contact Mechanics of the Medial Tibial Plateau After Implantation (2000)
  • Is the Circumferential Tensile Modulus within a Human Medical Meniscus Affected by the Test Sample Location…? (2000)
  • How Three Methods for Fixing a Media Meniscal Autograft Affect Tibial Contact Mechanics (1999)
  • Meniscal Tears: MR and Arthrographic Findings after Arthroscopic Repair (1991)

Instrumentation of Bone Mulch Screw for in Vivo Measurements

  • In Vivo Calibration of a Femoral Fixation Device Transducer (August 2001)
  • Static & Fatigue Strength of a Fixation Device Transducer for Measuring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Tension (December 2000)
  • A New Technique for Transmission of Signals from Implantable Transducers
  • Telemetry System for Monitoring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft Forces In Vivo
  • An Implantable Transducer for Measuring Tension in an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft