Cartilage status in relation to return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 550-559

  Van Ginckel, Ans ^a,b   Verdonk, Peter ^b   Victor, Jan ^b   Witvrouw, Erik ^b,c  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; cartilage; MRI; return to sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84874825961     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512473568     Document Type: Article

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