Immobilisation and functional treatment for acute lateral ankle ligament injuries in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kerkhoffs, Gino Mmj ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^b   Assendelft, Willem Jj ^c   Kelly, Karen D ^d   Struijs, Peter Aa ^a   van Dijk, C N ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LATERAL LIGAMENT, ANKLE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880067231     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003762.pub2     Document Type: Review

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