Rehabilitation and Return to Play After Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-175

  Yabroudi, Mohammad A ^a,b   Irrgang, James J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee; Rehabilitation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALING; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRUNK;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84869821781     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2012.08.016     Document Type: Review

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