Anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Kelly, Amanda Kay Weiss ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANATOMY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ATHLETE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATIGUE; FITNESS; HAMSTRING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; SPORT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 58149200199     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e318186c3f5     Document Type: Review

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