Anterior cruciate ligament-injured subjects have smaller anterior cruciate ligaments than matched controls: A magnetic resonance imaging study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1282-1287

  Chaudhari, Ajit M W ^a   Zelman, Eric A ^b   Flanigan, David C ^a   Kaeding, Christopher C ^a   Nagaraja, Haikady N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Injury mechanisms; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350057401     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509332256     Document Type: Article

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