Non-operative management of a complete anterior cruciate ligament injury in an English Premier League football player with return to play in less than 8 weeks: Applying common sense in the absence of evidence

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Weiler, Richard ^a,b,c   Monte Colombo, Mathew ^d   Mitchell, Adam ^e   Haddad, Fares ^b  

^a Sports Science Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c FA Centre for Disability Football Research   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REST; RUNNING; SWELLING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALGUS KNEE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; INJURIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RETURN TO SPORT; SOCCER; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RETURN TO SPORT; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930667600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208012     Document Type: Article

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