A progressive 5-week exercise therapy program leads to significant improvement in knee function early after anterior cruciate ligament injury

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 705-721

  Eitzen, Ingrid ^a,b   Moksnes, Håvard ^b,c   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^d   Risberg, May Arna ^a,b,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Hjelp24 Norwegian Sports Medicine Clinic (Hjelp24 NIMI)   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Adverse events; Copers; Hop tests; Noncopers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650101426     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2010.3345     Document Type: Article

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