Current Recommendations for anterior cruciate ligament bracing: When to use

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-39

  Masini, Brendan D ^a   Owens, Brett D ^a  

^a KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Functional bracing; Postoperative bracing; Prophylactic bracing

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT BRACE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KINEMATICS; LYSHOLM SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION; SWELLING; TEGNER ACTIVITY SCORE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACE; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880076348     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2013.02.1997     Document Type: Article

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