Outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patient with Workers' compensation claims

Arthroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-58

  Wexler, Gary ^a   Bach Jr , Bernard R ^a,b   Bush Joseph, Charles A ^a   Smink, David ^a   Ferrari, James D ^a   Bojchuk, John ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Workers' compensation claims

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0033958197     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-8063(00)90127-0     Document Type: Article

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