A risk-factor model for anterior cruciate ligament injury

Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 411-428

  Hughes, Gerwyn ^a   Watkins, James ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33750940572     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200636050-00004     Document Type: Review

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