Symmetry restoration and functional recovery before and after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 859-868

  Logerstedt, David ^a   Lynch, Andrew ^a   Axe, Michael J ^b   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b First State Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Functional recovery; Knee surgery; Performance based measures; Self reported outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875380266     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1929-2     Document Type: Article

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