Evaluation, management, rehabilitation, and prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injury: Current concepts

PM and R

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 935-944

  Micheo, William ^a,c   Hernández, Liza ^a,b   Seda, Carlos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b VA Caribbean Healthcare Center   (Puerto Rico)

^c Puerto Rico Olympic Training Center   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPORT INJURY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SPORTS;

EID: 77958198212     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.06.014     Document Type: Review

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