Rehabilitation of the Knee After Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-290

  Fithian, Donald C ^a,b,c   Powers, Christopher M ^d   Khan, Najeeb ^b,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

^c San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Fellowship   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Lower limb; Medial patellofemoral ligament; Reconstruction; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AUTOLOGOUS CHRONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DYNAMICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; LEG MOVEMENT; MEDIAL PATELLOFEMORAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SPORT; TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77749292054     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2009.12.008     Document Type: Review

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