Functional tests should be accentuated more in the decision for ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1517-1525

  Eitzen, Ingrid ^a   Moksnes, Håvard ^a   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^b   Engebretsen, Lars ^a   Risberg, May Arna ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Functional tests; Knee function; Knee injury; Screening examination; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVALESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649921109     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1113-5     Document Type: Article

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