Choosing surgery: patients' preferences within a trial of treatments for anterior cruciate ligament injury. A qualitative study
Open Access
- 10 August 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Vol. 10 (1), 100
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-10-100
Abstract
The objective was to understand patients' views of treatment after acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, and their reasons for deciding to request surgery despite consenting to participate in a randomised controlled trial (to 'cross-over').Keywords
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