The prognosis and predictors of sports function and activity at minimum 6 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A population cohort study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 348-359

  Spindler, Kurt P ^a   Huston, Laura J ^a   Wright, Rick W ^b   Kaeding, Christopher C ^c   Marx, Robert G ^d   Amendola, Annunziato ^e   Parker, Richard D ^f   Andrish, Jack T ^f   Reinke, Emily K ^a   Harrell, Frank E ^g   Pedroza, Angela ^c,h   An, Angel Q ^g,h   Schmitz, Leah ^f,h   McCarty, Eric C ^h,i   Wolf, Brian R ^e,h   Jones, Morgan H ^f,h   Matava, Matthew J ^b,h   Flanigan, David C ^c,h   Brophy, Robert H ^b,h   Vidal, Armando F ^h,i   Dunn, Warren R ^a,g   more..

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MOON Group   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

6 year follow up; activity; anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; International Knee Documentation Committee; Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score; Marx Activity Scale; sports function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952300248     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510383481     Document Type: Article

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