Manual khalifa therapy in patients with completely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in the knee: First results from near-infrared spectroscopy

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 320-324

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Ofner, Michae ^b   Litscher, Daniela ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Khalifa therapy; Metabolism; Near infrared spectroscopy; Regional oxygen saturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIMETER; OXYGEN SATURATION;

EID: 84878308578     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.112477     Document Type: Article

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