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01-05-2018 | Editorial

Let us rethink research for ACL injuries: a call for a more complex scientific approach

Authors: Alli Gokeler, Evert Verhagen, Michael T. Hirschmann

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 5/2018

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The complex anatomy and function of the knee have been well recognized [5]. Understanding and explaining a complex biological system such as the knee joint are often difficult and challenging. To overcome the problem of complexity, many scientists simplify or reduce this complexity by disassembling the complex system into their single units. However, the knee joint is not a simple machine put together by bones, muscles, and connective tissue. Importantly, clinicians do not treat knees, but a person who has a knee problem. …

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Title: Let us rethink research for ACL injuries: a call for a more complex scientific approach
Authors: Alli Gokeler
Evert Verhagen
Michael T. Hirschmann
Publication date: 01-05-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-018-4886-6

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