Timing of reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament in athletes and the incidence of secondary pathology within the knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 362-366

  Kennedy, J ^a   Jackson, M P ^a   O'Kelly, P ^a   Moran, R ^a  

^a Sports Surgery Clinic   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE FUNCTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENISCAL SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649194939     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B3.22424     Document Type: Article

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