Diagnosis and treatment of posterior cruciate ligament injuries

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 293-299

  McAllister, David R ^a   Petrigliano, Frank A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; REVIEW;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948873765     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11932-007-0065-0     Document Type: Review

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