Microfracture in Football (Soccer) Players: A Case Series of Professional Athletes and Systematic Review

Cartilage

Volumn 3, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Mithoefer, Kai ^a   Steadman, Richard J ^b  

^a HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

athletics; cartilage; football; injury; microfracture; repair; soccer; sport

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATHLETIC REHABILITATION; CARTILAGE INJURY; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MICROFRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOOTBALL; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; RETURN TO SPORT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 84868217717     PISSN: 19476035     EISSN: 19476043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1947603511418960     Document Type: Article

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