Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in skeletally immature patients

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 673-677

  Janarv, Per Mats ^a   Nyström, Anders ^a   Werner, Suzanne ^a,b   Hirsch, Georg ^a  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anterior cruciate ligament; Child; Growth plate; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029782330     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199609000-00024     Document Type: Article

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