Knee stiffness following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The incidence and associated factors of knee stiffness following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-247

  Robertson, G A J ^a   Coleman, S G S ^b   Keating, J F ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE PAIN; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPRAIN; TENDON GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349248568     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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