The ACL Handbook Knee Biology, Mechanics, and Treatment

The ACL Handbook Knee Biology, Mechanics, and Treatment / edited by Martha M. Murray, Patrick Vavken, Braden Fleming.

ACL injuries affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year. Treatment is far from perfect, and physicians and patients face challenges such as high failure rates in adolescent athletes and the inability to slow the accelerated progression of arthritis after an ACL rupture, for exampl...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Murray, Martha M. (Editor), Vavken, Patrick (Editor), Fleming, Braden (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Orthopedics.
Sports medicine.
Physiotherapy.
Medicine.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
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Summary:ACL injuries affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year. Treatment is far from perfect, and physicians and patients face challenges such as high failure rates in adolescent athletes and the inability to slow the accelerated progression of arthritis after an ACL rupture, for example. The ACL Handbook takes a complete view of ACL injuries and treatments, discussing:   - Normal ACL and knee mechanics - The body's response to ACL injury - Development of new treatment methods   Ideal for orthopedists, sports medicine physicians, and physical therapists, The ACL Handbook is a unique resource for information on the basic and applied science of ACL injury, repair, and the future of treatment.
Physical Description:XI, 317 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781461407607
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-0760-7

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