The effectiveness of supplementing a standard rehabilitation program with superimposed neuromuscular electrical stimulation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A prospective, randomized, single-blind study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1238-1247

  Feil, Sven ^a   Newell, John ^b   Minogue, Conor ^c,d   Paessler, Hans H ^a  

^a ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Biomedical Research Ltd   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); functional recovery; knee pathology; neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES); strength gains

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959421531     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510396180     Document Type: Article

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