Knee cartilage defect patients enrolled in randomized controlled trials are not representative of patients in orthopedic practice

Cartilage

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-319

  Engen, C N ^a   Engebretsen, L ^a,b   Aroen A ^a,b  

^a Norwegian School for Sport Sciences   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cartilage defect; Cartilage repair; Lysholm; RCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051724826     PISSN: 19476035     EISSN: 19476043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1947603510373917     Document Type: Article

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