Isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patients with chronic anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency combined with grade II valgus laxity

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Hara, Kenji ^a,b   Niga, Sadao ^a   Ikeda, Hiroo ^a   Cho, Sadahiro ^a   Muneta, Takeshi ^b  

^a Kawaguchi Kohgyo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury; Chronic injured knee; Combined medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury; Isolated ACL reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SPORTING EVENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS LAXITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TENDONS;

EID: 38349115444     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507307501     Document Type: Article

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