Biceps tendon tears or ruptures are often painful and frightening injuries. Although they typically occur in men of middle age or older, these injuries can also happen to younger and elderly ...

The patellar tendon connects the kneecap (the patella) to the shinbone. This is part of the "extensor mechanism" of the knee. Together with the kneecap, quadriceps tendon, and the quadriceps muscle, ...

This study examined the anatomy of the knee extensor mechanism in patients having ... Knees with a quadriceps tendon width at 2 and 5 cm above the patella that differed by less than 1 cm had ...

Pulley system reconstruction may be accomplished using a free tendon graft, a distally-based slip of FDS, or a slip of the extensor retinaculum which can be woven along the volar edge of the ...