Hamstring tendons insertion - an anatomical study

• Main Authors: Cristiano Antonio Grassi, Vagner Messias Fruheling, Joao Caetano Abdo, Marcio Fernando Aparecido de Moura, Mario Namba, Joao Luiz Vieira da Silva, Luiz Antonio Munhoz da Cunha, Ana Paula Gebert de Oliveira Franco, Isabel Ziesemer Costa, Edmar Stieven Filho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-09-01
• Series: Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
• Subjects: Anatomia; Cadaver; Joelho
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000500417&lng=en&tlng=en
• ISSN: 1982-4378

OBJECTIVE: To study the anatomy of the hamstring tendons insertion and anatomical rela-tionships. METHODS: Ten cadaver knees with medial and anterior intact structures were selected. The dissection was performed from anteromedial access to exposure of the insertion of the flexor tendons (FT), tibial plateau (TP) and tibial tuberosity (TT). A needle of 40 × 12 and a caliper were used to measure the distance of the tibial plateau of the knee flexor tendons insertion at 15 mm from the medial border of the patellar tendon and tibial tuberosity to the insertion of the flexor tendons of the knee. The angle between tibial plateau and the insertion of the flexor tendons of the knee (A-TP-FT) was calculated using Image Pro Plus software. RESULTS: The mean distance TP-FT was 41 ± 4.6 mm. The distance between the TT-FT was 6.88 ± 1 mm. The (A-TP-FT) was 20.3 ± 4.9°. CONCLUSION: In the anterior tibial flexor tendons are about 40 mm from the plateau with an average of 20°.