Managing anterior cruciate ligament deficiency in the skeletally immature individual: A systematic review of the literature

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-464

  Mohtadi, Nick ^a   Grant, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACL; Anterior cruciate ligament; Pediatric; Skeletally immature; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; BONE MATURATION; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33845384824     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000248844.39498.1f     Document Type: Review

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