Rehabilitation of the Knee Following Sports Injury

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-106

  De Carlo, Mark ^a   Armstrong, Brain ^a  

^a METHODIST SPORTS MEDICINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Knee; Rehabilitation; Sports

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; ILIOTIBIAL BAND FRICTION SYNDROME; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TRAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDINOPATHY; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLICA IRRITATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIBIA APOPHYSITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REHABILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450252230     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2009.09.004     Document Type: Review

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