Return to play after lateral meniscectomy compared with medial meniscectomy in elite professional soccer players

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2193-2198

  Nawabi, Danyal H ^a   Cro, Suzie ^b   Hamid, Imran P ^c   Williams, Andy ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FORTIUS CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lateral; meniscectomy; professional soccer; return to play

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; LATERAL; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL SOCCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO PLAY; SOCCER; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

LATERAL; MENISCECTOMY; PROFESSIONAL SOCCER; RETURN TO PLAY;

ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907225576     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514540271     Document Type: Article

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