Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation is the programme of exercises and stretches undertaken in order to return the knee to as full a function as possible.

assisted flexion exercise step ups rehabilitation exercise hamstrings curl with swiss ball
Active assisted flexion - and early range of motion exercise Step ups - an early strengthening exercise. Hamstrings curl - a trunk strengthening exercise.
Synonyms: 
rehab
physiotherapy
physio
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CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS

Anterior cruciate ligament injury rehabilitation in athletes. Biomechanical considerations. Beynnon BD and Johnson RJ. Sports Med. 1996 Jul;22(1):54-64.

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