Stretch reflexes can be used for clinical testing, such as tapping the patellar tendon to stimulate the knee-jerk reflex, which slightly stretches the quadriceps muscle. Testing many stretch reflexes helps determine integrity of peripheral nerves and predictable spinal cord areas (Table 1.4). Since ...
that Mg interference screws could effectively inhibit the degeneration of the tendon graft during the remodeling phase via reducing the expression level of MMP-13, indicating that more collagen fibers in the tendon graft were preserved to connect the surrounding bone tissue for higher knee stability26...
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), located inside the knee joint, plays a vital role in limiting anterior tibia translation and controlling axial knee rotation and varus movement. Recent evidence suggests that ACL injury is one of the most frequent knee injuries [1], with an incidence of 68....
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