Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in snowboarders: A quadriceps-induced injury

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1048-1051

  Davies, Hywel ^a   Tietjens, Barry ^a   van Sterkenburg, Maayke ^a   Mehgan, Andrew ^a  

^a Unisports Centre for Sports Medicine   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Knee injury; Mechanism; Quadriceps; Snowboard

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; SKIING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; SKIING;

EID: 70349485986     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0695-7     Document Type: Article

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