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Home-based rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: epidemiology and outcomes.

Nardeen KaderSamantha JonesZiyad SerdarPaul BanaszkiewiczDeiary F Kader
Published in: European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie (2022)
Patients who completed a home-based rehabilitation programme in Kurdistan had low revision rates and improved Lysholm scores 15 months post-operatively. To optimise resources, further research should investigate the efficacy of home-based rehabilitation for trauma and elective surgery in low- to middle-income countries and the developed world.
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