Rate of force development as an adjunctive outcome measure for return-to-sport decisions after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 772-780

  Angelozzi, Massimo ^a   Madama, Marco ^a   Corsica, Cristiana ^a   Calvisi, Vittorio ^b   Properzi, Gianfranco ^b   McCaw, Steven T ^c   Cacchio, Angelo ^b  

^a Arcamedica Institution   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Knee; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866345548     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2012.3780     Document Type: Article

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