Rising trend of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in females in a regional hospital

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-301

  Chong, Ronald Weng Wah ^a   Tan, J L ^a,b  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Soft Tissue Eng Sports M   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic surgical procedures; Articular ligament; Knee injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JUMPING; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING;

EID: 3142715382     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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