A radiographic analysis of the relationship between the size and shape of the intercondylar notch and anterior cruciate ligament injury

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 200-205

  Ireland, Mary L ^a   Ballantyne, Bryon T ^b   Little, Kristin ^a   McClay, Irene S ^b  

^a Kentucky Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b Joyner Sportsmedicine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Intercondylar notch width; Radiographic measurements; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE;

EID: 0035406287     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670100197     Document Type: Article

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