Does soccer participation lead to genu varum?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 422-427

  Witvrouw, Erik ^a   Danneels, L ^a   Thijs, Y ^a   Cambier, D ^a   Bellemans, J ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Growth deformation; Knee joint; Osteoarthritis; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CHILD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CHILD; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER;

EID: 63949087629     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0710-z     Document Type: Article

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