Early return to play following complete rupture of the medial collateral ligament of the elbow using preparation rich in growth factors: A case report

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Mei Dan, Omer ^a   Carmont, Mike ^a,b   Kots, Eugene ^a,b   Barchilon, Vidal ^a,b   Nyska, Meir ^a,b   Mann, Gideon ^a,b  

^a Meir University Hospital   (Israel)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW INJURY; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; THERAPY EFFECT; COLLATERAL LIGAMENT; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW; INJURIES; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MARTIAL ART; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953121506     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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