A prospective study of 3-day versus 2-week immobilization period after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-38

  Ito, Yohei ^a   Deie, Masataka ^a   Adachi, Nobuo ^a   Kobayashi, Kenji ^a   Kanaya, Atsushi ^a   Miyamoto, Ayato ^a   Nakasa, Tomoyuki ^a   Ochi, Mitsuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Immobilization; Multistranded hamstring tendons; Prospective study; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANGE OF MOTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845676529     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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