Spontaneous healing of acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries - Conservative treatment using an extension block soft brace without anterior stabilization

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 212-216

  Fujimoto, Eisaku ^a,c   Sumen, Yoshio ^a   Ochi, Mitsuo ^b   Ikuta, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kake Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute anterior cruciate ligament injuries; Conservative treatment; Spontaneous healing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIA; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036955954     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-001-0387-y     Document Type: Article

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