Double-Bundle Versus Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-91

  Järvelä, Timo ^a,b   Järvelä, Sally ^c  

^a Mehilainen Oy   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

ACL; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Double bundle; Reconstruction; Single bundle

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869767424     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2012.08.009     Document Type: Review

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