Is reconstruction the best management strategy for anterior cruciate ligament rupture? A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction versus non-operative treatment

Knee

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 462-470

  Smith, T O ^a   Postle, K ^a   Penny, F ^b   McNamara, I ^c   Mann, C J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Clinical decision making; Cost effectiveness; Physiotherapy; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RUPTURE; TENDON; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BONE-PATELLAR TENDON-BONE GRAFTING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUPTURE; TENDONS;

EID: 84899585504     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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