Is there evidence that bracing could provide adequate stability for a 47-year-old man with a deficient anterior cruciate ligament to resume downhill skiing?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 274-282

  Wetherbee, Ellen ^a   Pellecchia, Geraldine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542376211     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.3.274     Document Type: Review

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