Hanyang Med Rev.
2009 Feb;29(1):77-83.
Rehabilitation of Sports-related Knee Injury
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea. kimhsmd@chol.com
Abstract
- Knee injury is one of the most common sports-related injuries, especially in young athletic patients. Most injuries can be managed conservatively with good results, and nowadays growing interest is paid for rehabilitation program. However, careful physical examination, differential diagnosis and thorough understanding of disease outcome are necessary to make successful treatment decisions. We will review the diagnosis and classification of various conditions of knee injuries, and rehabilitation treatment for acute and chronic sports-related knee injuries.
