Acute grade III medial collateral ligament injury of the knee associated with anterior cruciate ligament tear: The usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging in determining a treatment regimen

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-267

  Nakamura, Norimasa ^a,c   Horibe, Shuji ^a   Toritsuka, Yukiyoshi ^b   Mitsuoka, Tomoki ^a   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^b   Shino, Konsei ^b  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS KNEE;

EID: 0037347248     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465030310021801     Document Type: Article

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