Healing of the Acutely Injured Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Functional Treatment with the ACL-Jack, a Dynamic Posterior Drawer Brace

Background. The injured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) has a limited healing capacity leading to persisting instability. Hypothesis/Purpose. To study if the application of a brace, producing a dynamic posterior drawer force, after acute ACL injury reduces initial instability. Study Design. Cohort...

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Main Authors: Matthias Jacobi, Nikolaus Reischl, Karolin Rönn, Robert A. Magnusson, Emanuel Gautier, Roland P. Jakob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1609067
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