Does reconstruction of isolated chronic posterior cruciate ligament injuries restore normal knee function?

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388-393

  Wajsfisz, A ^a   Christel, P ^b   Djian, P ^a  

^a Goethe Medical Office   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic posterior instability; Posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ARTHROSCOPY; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE LIGAMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953026196     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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