Proprioception in anterior cruciate ligament deficient knees and its relevance in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 294-300

  Dhillon, Mandeep S ^a   Bali, Kamal ^a   Prabhakar, Sharad ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; mechanoreceptors; proprioception; reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960266632     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.80320     Document Type: Review

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