Incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury among active duty U.S. military servicemen and servicewomen

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-91

  Owens, Brett D ^a   Mountcastle, Sally B ^a   Dunn, Warren R ^a   DeBerardino, Thomas M ^a   Taylor, Dean C ^a  

^a KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL STRESS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SPRAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846140152     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.1.90     Document Type: Article

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