Isolated anterior cruciate ligament deficiency, knee scores and function

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 643-651

  Ramjug, Sheila ^a   Ghosh, Subhajit ^b   Walley, Gayle ^b,c   Maffulli, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Aberdeen ^*

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament injury; Long term outcome; Patients' administered questionnaire; Scoring systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56149085670     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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