Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Outcomes of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-80

  Ayeni, O R ^a   Evaniew, N ^a   Ogilvie, R ^b   Peterson, D C ^a   Denkers, M R ^b   Bhandari, M ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomic reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Evidence based medicine; Expertise based trails; Knee surgery; Narrative review

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOGRAFT; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIVOT SHIFT TEST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869754879     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2012.08.008     Document Type: Review

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