Muscle strength and hop performance criteria prior to return to sports after ACL reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1798-1805

  Thomeé, Roland ^a   Kaplan, Yonatan ^b   Kvist, Joanna ^c   Myklebust, Grethe ^d   Risberg, May Arna ^e   Theisen, Daniel ^f   Tsepis, Elias ^g   Werner, Suzanne ^h   Wondrasch, Barbara ⁱ   Witvrouw, Erik ^j  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Public Research Centre for Health   (Luxembourg)

^g TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ Vienna Sports Medicine Center   (Austria)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Hop performance; Knee function; Patient's opinion; Return to sport; Strength

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; TIME;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054124749     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1669-8     Document Type: Article

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