Return to Sports Participation after Articular Cartilage Repair in the Knee: Scientific Evidence

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1_suppl, 2009, Pages 167S-176S

  Mithoefer, Kai ^a,b,c   Hambly, Karen ^a,c   Villa, Stefano Della ^a   Silvers, Holly ^a,d   Mandelbaum, Bert R ^e  

^a ICRS Sports Injury and Rehabilitation Committee   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Isokinetic Rehabilitation Centre   (Italy)

^e Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

articular; athletics; cartilage; chondroplasty; injury; knee; repair; resurfacing; sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONVALESCENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949910473     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509351650     Document Type: Article

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