Clinical outcomes and return-to-sports participation of 50 soccer players after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction through a sport-specific rehabilitation protocol

Sports Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-24

  Villa Della, Stefano ^a   Boldrini, Lorenzo ^a   Ricci, Margherita ^a   Danelon, Furio ^a   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^b   Nanni, Gianni ^a   Roi, Giulio Sergio ^a  

^a Education Research Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction; clinical outcomes; on field rehabilitation; return to sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855162445     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738111417564     Document Type: Article

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