Knee-laxity measurements examined by a left-hand- and a right-hand-dominant physiotherapist, in patients with anterior cruciate ligament injuries and healthy controls

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1181-1186

  Sernert, Ninni ^a   Helmers, Janett ^a   Kartus, Catarina ^b   Ejerhed, Lars ^a   Kartus, Jüri ^a  

^a Norra Alvsborg County Hospital Uddevalla   (Sweden)

^b City Physiotherapy   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACL injury; Healthy controls; Knee laxity measurement; Left right hand dominance of examiner

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY);

EID: 34848842146     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0347-3     Document Type: Article

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