PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 8 , Pages 703-712 , August 2010

Aquatic Versus Land-based Exercises as Early Functional Rehabilitation for Elite Athletes with Acute Lower Extremity Ligament Injury: A Pilot Study

  • Eunkuk Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine and Science, National Training Center of Korea Olympic Committee, Seoul, Korea⁎
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: E.K.
    • ,
  • Taegyu Kim, PT, ATC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine and Science, National Training Center of Korea Olympic Committee, Seoul, Korea†
    • ,
  • Hyunyong Kang, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine and Science, National Training Center of Korea Olympic Committee, Seoul, Korea‡
    • ,
  • Jongha Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kyunghee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Martin K. Childers, DO, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Program, Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC∥

Received 18 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 March 2010.

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