ACL reconstruction: A meta-analysis of functional scores

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 458, Issue , 2007, Pages 180-187

  Biau, David J ^a,b,d   Tournoux, Caroline ^b   Katsahian, Sandrine ^b   Schranz, Peter ^c   Nizard, Rémy ^d  

^a Paris Université 5 ^*  (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; META ANALYSIS; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 34247874626     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31803dcd6b     Document Type: Article

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