Decreased incidence of knee posterior cruciate ligament injury in Australian Football League after ruck rule change

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1026-1030

  Orchard, J W ^a   Seward, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian Football League Medical Officers Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURIES; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73349101379     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.063123     Document Type: Article

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