Level of evidence in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction research: A systematic review

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 924-934

  Samuelsson, Kristian ^a   Desai, Neel ^a   McNair, Erik ^a   Van Eck, Carola F ^b   Petzold, Max ^c   Fu, Freddie H ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^d   Karlsson, Jón ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; impact factor; level of evidence; reconstruction; trends

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; REVIEW; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS;

EID: 84875855518     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512460647     Document Type: Review

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