Current Status of Measuring Clinical Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Are We Good Enough?

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 119-124

  Irrgang, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; clinical outcomes; measurement

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 59349087999     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.otsm.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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