The anterior cruciate ligament tear rate varies by race in professional women's basketball

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 895-898

  Trojian, Thomas H ^a,c   Collins, Seamus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Basketball; Female; Race

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CAUCASIAN; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASKETBALL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33646559832     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505284384     Document Type: Article

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