Cruciate and Posterolateral Corner Injuries in the Athlete: Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-131

  White, Lawrence M ^a,b   Miniaci, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Injury; Knee; MR imaging; Posterior cruciate ligament; Posterolateral corner; Sports

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 1942422721     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-823018     Document Type: Review

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