A Meta-analysis of the Incidence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears as a Function of Gender, Sport, and a Knee Injury-Reduction Regimen

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Prodromos, Chadwick C ^a,b   Han, Yung ^c   Rogowski, Julie ^a   Joyce, Brian ^a   Shi, Kelvin ^d  

^a Illinois Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Centers   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Forest Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament tear; Gender variance; Incidence; Knee injury reduction

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; FOOTBALL; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURY; SEX RATIO; SKIING; SPORT; VOLLEYBALL; WRESTLING;

EID: 36549043430     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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