A 94% return to elite level football after ACL surgery: A proof of possibilities with optimal caretaking or a sign of knee abuse?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Ekstrand, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 78650792115     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1300-4     Document Type: Editorial

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