The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 119-126 , March 2010

Rehabilitation results following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a hard brace compared to a fluid-filled soft brace

  • Hermann Otto Mayr

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle, Magdeburger Strasse 22, 06097 Halle (Saale), Germany
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, OCM Clinic, Steiner Strasse 6, 81369 Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle, Magdeburger Strasse 22, 06097 Halle (Saale), Germany. Fax: +49 89 7912139.
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  • Alfred Hochrein

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle, Magdeburger Strasse 22, 06097 Halle (Saale), Germany
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, OCM Clinic, Steiner Strasse 6, 81369 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Werner Hein

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle, Magdeburger Strasse 22, 06097 Halle (Saale), Germany
    • ,
  • Robert Hube

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle, Magdeburger Strasse 22, 06097 Halle (Saale), Germany
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, OCM Clinic, Steiner Strasse 6, 81369 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Anke Bernstein

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle, Magdeburger Strasse 22, 06097 Halle (Saale), Germany

Received 25 February 2009 ,Revised 29 June 2009 ,Accepted 9 July 2009.

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PII: S0968-0160(09)00120-3

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.07.002

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 119-126 , March 2010

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