Publications by authors named "Ciro Veronese Santos"
Objective: : Analyze the effects of physical exertion during a soccer match on the functional capacity and stability of the lower limbs of young soccer players.
Methods: : We analyzed 10 soccer players who underwent functional capacity assessment of the lower limbs by a Hop Test protocol and evaluation of the level of postural stability in the Biodex Stability System (Biodex, Inc., Shirley, NY) before and immediately after a friendly game lasting 45 minutes.
Purpose: We aimed to analyze how different positions of the tibial and femoral tunnels when used for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction affect relations with the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) at different degrees of knee flexion. Information gained from this study may be helpful in determining optimal placement of the graft in ACL reconstructive surgery.
Methods: We divided 10 cadaveric knees into 2 groups of 5 and had either their femoral or tibial ACL insertion detached.
Objective: Define a security zone to avoid possibles vascular and ligamentar complications during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Methods: Arthroscopic reconstruction using the transtibial and transportal technique in cadaver knees was performed followed by dissection and measurement of the distance between the femoral tunnel and the proximal attachment of the lateral collateral ligament and the femoral tunnel and the lateral superior genicular artery.
Results: The measure of the analysed distances show us an aproximation between the major branch of the lateral superior genicular artery and the femoral insertion of the colateral lateral ligament and the femoral tunnel during the transportal technique.