Effects of aggressive early rehabilitation on the outcome of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with multi-strand semitendinosus tendon

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 352-356

  Muneta, T ^a,b   Sekiya, I ^a   Ogiuchi, T ^a   Yagishita, K ^a   Yamamoto, H ^a   Shinomiya, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; EARLY AMBULATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032430760     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050276     Document Type: Article

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