Relationship of the menstrual cycle phase to anterior cruciate ligament injuries in teenaged female athletes

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 473-478

  Adachi, Noriko ^a   Nawata, Koji ^b   Maeta, Michio ^a   Kurozawa, Youichi ^c  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAN IN ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament injury; Menstrual cycle; Teenaged female athletes

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION;

EID: 41949113032     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0461-1     Document Type: Article

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