Sports injury, occupational physical activity, joint laxity, and meniscal damage

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 557-563

  Baker, Paul ^a   Coggon, David ^a   Reading, Isabel ^a   Barrett, David ^a   McLaren, Magnus ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Knee; Meniscal tear; Meniscectomy; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER;

EID: 0036195434     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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