Height, weight, and BMI predict intra-articular injuries observed during ACL reconstruction: Evaluation of 456 cases from a prospective ACL database

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-13

  Bowers, Andrea L ^a   Spindler, Kurt P ^a   McCarty, Eric C ^a   Arrigain, Susana ^b  

^a Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; Body mass index; Epidemiology; Knee; Statistical assessment; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY MASS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 14144251930     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200501000-00003     Document Type: Article

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