Analysis of meniscal and chondral lesions accompanying anterior cruciate ligament tears: Relationship with age, time from injury, and level of sport

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 262-270

  Tandogan, Reha N ^a   Taşer, Ömer ^b   Kayaalp, Asim ^c   Taşkiran, Emin ^d   Pinar, Halit ^e   Alparslan, Bülent ^f   Alturfan, Aziz ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Cankaya Hospital   (Turkey)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Cartilage damage; Meniscus tear; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14644426971     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0398-z     Document Type: Article

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