Posterior cruciate ligament injuries in the athlete diagnosis and treatment

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Colvin, Alexis Chiang ^a,b   Meislin, Robert J ^a,c  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AVULSION INJURY; BONE NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE PAIN; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; ROTATION;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449117410     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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