Non-operative treatment of ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament in middle-aged patients. Results after long-term follow-up.
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 76 (9) , 1315-1321
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-199409000-00006
Abstract
We retrospectively reviewed the records of fifty-two patients who had had a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament between the ages of forty and sixty years, to determine the results of aggressive non-operative treatment. We were able to locate and re-examine thirty of these patients (meaKeywords
This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
- Assessing the limits of knee motionThe American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1991
- The conservative treatment of the anterior cruciate deficient kneeThe American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1990
- Secondary damage to the knee after isolated injury of the anterior cruciate ligamentThe American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1990
- Followup of the acute nonoperated isolated anterior cruciate ligament tearThe American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1986
- Non-operative treatment of the torn anterior cruciate ligament.Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1983
- Evaluation of knee ligament surgery results with special emphasis on use of a scoring scaleThe American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1982
- Clinical diagnosis of ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligamentThe American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1982
- Diagnosis of acute knee injuries with hemarthrosisThe American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1980
- Reconstruction of the ligaments of the kneeThe American Journal of Surgery, 1939
- On rupture of the crucial ligaments of the knee, and on fractures of the spine of the tibiaBritish Journal of Surgery, 1913