The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 76-82 , March 2011

Knee proprioception following ACL reconstruction; a prospective trial comparing hamstrings with bone–patellar tendon–bone autograft

  • A.G. Angoules

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Asclepeion Hospital of Voula, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedics, Asclepeion Hospital of Voula, 45 Karatheodori Street, 11525, Athens Greece. Tel./fax: +30 210 6721355.
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  • A.F. Mavrogenis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Athens University Medical School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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  • R. Dimitriou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Athens University Medical School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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  • K. Karzis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Asclepeion Hospital of Voula, Greece
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  • E. Drakoulakis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Asclepeion Hospital of Voula, Greece
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  • J. Michos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Asclepeion Hospital of Voula, Greece
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  • P.J. Papagelopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Athens University Medical School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Received 17 May 2009 ,Revised 13 January 2010 ,Accepted 21 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.01.009

The Knee
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 76-82 , March 2011

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