Functional recovery after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, a study of health-related quality of life based on the Swedish National Knee Ligament Register

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 914-927

  Barenius, Björn ^a   Forssblad, Magnus ^a   Engström, Björn ^a   Eriksson, Karl ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Functional recovery; Health related quality of life; Register; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875377329     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2162-8     Document Type: Article

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