Knee laxity after complete anterior cruciate ligament tear: A prospective study over 15 years

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-163

  Neuman, P ^a   Kostogiannis, I ^b   Friden T ^b   Roos, H ^b   Dahlberg, L E ^a   Englund, M ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury; Knee laxity; Knee osteoarthritis (OA); Meniscal injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858242239     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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