Acute isolated injury of the posterior cruciate ligament treated by a dynamic anterior drawer brace: A preliminary report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1381-1384

  Jacobi, M ^a   Reischl, N ^a   Wahl, P ^a   Gautier, E ^a   Jakob, R P ^a,b  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b HFR Fribourg Hôpital Cantonal ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMIC ANTERIOR DRAWER BRACE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BRACES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957845278     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B10.24807     Document Type: Article

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