Isolated total ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament - A clinical study with long-term follow-up of 7 years

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 114-119

  Scavenius, Michael ^a,b   Bak, K ^a   Hansen, S ^a   Norring K ^a   Jensen, K H ^a   Jorgensen U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ACL; Activity level; Isolated total rupture; Knee functiion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; SKIING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SKIING; SOCCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033112244     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00219.x     Document Type: Article

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