Improving functional performance and muscle power 4-to-6 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 655-664

  Souissi, Sabrine ^a,f   Wong, Del P ^b   Dellal, Alexandre ^a,c,g   Croisier, Jean Louis ^d   Ellouze, Zied ^e   Chamari, Karim ^a,f  

^a National Centre of Medicine and Science in Sport (CNMSS)   (France)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Olympique Lyonnais FC (soccer)   (Belgium)

^d Department of Motricity Sciences ^*  (Belgium)

^e ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANOUBA   (Tunisia)

^g Sport Science and Research Department   (France)

Author keywords

ACL reconstruction; Agility; Knee injury; Power testing; Retraining; Strength testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155149764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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