Physiotherapy-guided versus home-based, unsupervised rehabilitation in isolated anterior cruciate injuries following surgical reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1158-1167

  Hohmann, Erik ^a   Tetsworth, Kevin ^b   Bryant, Adam ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Home based rehabilitation; Physiotherapy; Supervised rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958810168     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1386-8     Document Type: Article

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