Rehabilitation results following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a hard brace compared to a fluid-filled soft brace

Knee

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Mayr, Hermann Otto ^a,b   Hochrein, Alfred ^a,b   Hein, Werner ^a   Hube, Robert ^a,b   Bernstein, Anke ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b OCM Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Hamstring graft; Knee brace; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROMETER; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT SWELLING; LYSHOLM KNEE SCORING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEGNER ACTIVITY SCORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACES; EDEMA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYDRARTHROSIS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149157478     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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