Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A prospective, randomized, double-blind comparison of programs administered over 2 different time intervals

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-359

  Beynnon, Bruce D ^a   Uh, Benjamin S ^a   Johnson, Robert J ^a   Abate, Joseph A ^a   Nichols, Claude E ^a   Fleming, Braden C ^b   Poole, A Robin ^c   Roos, Harald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Biomarkers; Reconstruction; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; TEGNER SCALE; TENDON GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13944270193     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504268406     Document Type: Article

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