Operative and nonoperative treatments of medial collateral ligament rupture with early anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A prospective randomized study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1134-1140

  Halinen, Jyrki ^a   Lindahl, Jan ^b   Hirvensalo, Eero ^b   Santavirta, Seppo ^b  

^a JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

ACL MCL; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Medial collateral ligament (MCL); Multiligament injury; Prospective; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LYSHOLM SCORE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE;

EID: 33745530608     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505284889     Document Type: Article

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