Biceps Anatomy

Biceps Anatomy Study

  • Research, Shoulder Injury

Thank you to Eric Branch for his help with our recent study on the biceps femoris. It was published last month in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 

This tendon injury can accompany anterior cruciate ligament injuries in football players. The more we learn about it the better we will be at our repairs/reconstructions. In this study we learned exactly where the tendon inserts on the tibia and fibula and its association with the anterolateral ligament.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26535398

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