A Pair-matched comparison of return to pivoting sports at 1 year in anterior cruciate ligament-injured patients after a nonoperative versus an operative treatment course

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2509-2516

  Grindem, Hege ^a   Eitzen, Ingrid ^a   Moksnes, Håvard ^a   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^b   Risberg, May Arna ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior criucate ligament reconstruction; anterior cruciate ligament; knee function; nonoperative treatment; return to sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; RETURN TO WORK; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETURN TO WORK;

EID: 84868233470     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512458424     Document Type: Article

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