Strength and Functional Performance Recovery After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Preadolescent Athletes

Sports Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-312

  Greenberg, Elliot M ^a   Greenberg, Eric T ^b   Ganley, Theodore J ^a   Lawrence, J Todd R ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; functional hop test; knee; pediatric; strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902972721     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738114537594     Document Type: Article

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