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. 2019 Jun 14;5(1):e000527. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000527

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Changes in muscle cross section area (CSA) of vastus medialis-muscle, showing mean (SD) 30, 60 and 90 days after operative ACL-reconstruction. *Significant reduction of CSA in control-group (p=0.011) after 30 days and significant increase in menthol-group (p=0.024) after 90 days. ***Highly significant reduction in CSA in cold pack-group after 30 days (p=0.000).