The effect of tourniquet use on postoperative strength recovery after arthroscopic meniscectomy

Orthopedics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 497-x1

  Graf, Ben ^a   Jemen, Kris ^a   Orwin, John ^a   Duck, Holly ^a   Hagen, Phil ^a   Keene, James ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THIGH; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 3142519981     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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