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John Nyland1, Andrew Fried, Ranjan Maitra
1Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Louisville, KY 40202, USA. john.nyland@louisville.edu <john.nyland@louisville.edu>
Abstract:
The efficacy of dominant wrist circumference measurements to predict dominant lower extremity patellar tendon thickness at regions of interest for bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft harvest was studied among 24 healthy men and women. Dominant wrist circumference displayed good relationships with dominant lower extremity patellar tendon thickness as determined by two-dimensional diagnostic ultrasound. This initial screening method may assist surgeons as they consider graft selection for patients who may be at risk for developing or exacerbating preexisting patellofemoral joint or knee extensor mechanism conditions with BPTB autograft harvest.
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