Post-operative use of knee brace in bone-tendon-bone patellar tendon anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: 5-Year follow-up results of a randomized prospective study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-18

  Harilainen, A ^a   Sandelin, J ^a  

^a ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Bone tendon bone; Post operative rehabilitation brace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645104112     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2004.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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