Anterior cruciate ligament tear prevention in the female athlete

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 341-343

  Silvers, Holly J ^a   Giza, Eric ^a   Mandelbaum, Bert R ^a  

^a Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33745164341     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CSMR.0000306297.57331.f2     Document Type: Article

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