Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in patients aged > 40 years: A case-control study

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-34

  Gee, Albert O ^a   Kinsella, Stuart ^b   Russell Huffman, G ^c   Sennett, Brian J ^c   Tjoumakaris, Fotios P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Reconstruction; Return to sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROFIBROSIS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERFERENCE SCREW; JOINT DESTRUCTION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880066378     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2013.02.1996     Document Type: Article

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