A prospective, randomized study of three operations for acute rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament: Five-year follow-up of one hundred and thirty-one patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Grøntvedt, Torbjørn ^a   Engebretsen, Lars ^a,d   Benum, Pål ^a   Fasting, Ove ^b   Mølster, Anders ^c   Strand, Torbjørn ^c  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030050377     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199602000-00001     Document Type: Article

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