Conservative treatment of isolated posterior cruciate ligament injury in professional baseball players: A report of two cases

Knee

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-44

  Iwamoto, J ^a   Takeda, T ^a   Suda, Y ^a   Otani, T ^a   Matsumoto, H ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baseball player; Conservative treatment; Posterior cruciate ligament injury; Top athlete

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RUNNING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 1242270561     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(03)00114-5     Document Type: Article

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