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057 Quad Strength and Patellofemoral Chondral Damage After ACLR

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The Quad Deficit Is Not Functionatinating, Man, I'm Stiring My Speech Tonight

The average interval from injury to reconstruction in these subjects was 18 and a half months. The study suggests that if the quad is weak, it could help explain why cartlages legions have mainly been observed on the ptelephenal joint after c l r. One of the mechanical explanations is that by recruiting more quadruce, you get a better seeding into the troclea,. therefore you would get a potentiall excess through the ptella where if it's notas strong as before. We know with our petel ephemeral pain patients that if you increase your quad strength, there their symptoms improve in one of the by mechanical nations.

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