The effects of generalized joint laxity on risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury in young female athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1073-1080

  Myer, Gregory D ^a,b,c   Ford, Kevin R ^a,b,d   Paterno, Mark V ^a,b,c   Nick, Todd G ^a,e   Hewett, Timothy E ^a,b,f,g  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Sports Medicine Research Institute   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL injury; Dynamic valgus; Gender differences; Injury prevention; Knee joint load; Neuromuscular control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTHROMETER; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; JOINT LAXITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THUMB; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASKETBALL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER;

EID: 44049108215     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507313572     Document Type: Article

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