Development of a test battery to enhance safe return to sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 192-199

  Gokeler, Alli ^a   Welling, Wouter ^a,b   Zaffagnini, Stefano ^c   Seil, Romain ^d   Padua, Darin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Medisch Centrum Zuid   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Centre Hospitalier Luxemburg   (Luxembourg)

^e The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; Hop tests; Injury risk; Questionnaires; Return to sports; Second injury; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURIES; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CONVALESCENCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETURN TO SPORT; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURIES; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETURN TO SPORT; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978865123     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-016-4246-3     Document Type: Article

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