Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction—Not Exactly a One-Way Ticket Back to the Preinjury Level: A Review of Contextual Factors Affecting Return to Sport After Surgery

Sports Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 224-230

  Ardern, Clare L ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; knee; ligament; sport psychology; sport reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928124778     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738115578131     Document Type: Article

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