The role of the Rolimeter in quantifying knee instability compared to the functional outcome of ACL-reconstructed versus conservatively-treated knees

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-18

  Pollet, V ^a,b   Barrat, D ^a   Meirhaeghe, E ^a   Vaes, P ^a   Handelberg, F ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Vrije Universiteit Brussels ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Anterior knee joint instability; Lachmann's test; Rolimeter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 12944297740     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0497-5     Document Type: Article

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