Risk factors for a contralateral anterior cruciate ligament injury

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-291

  Swärd, Per ^a   Kostogiannis, Ioannis ^a   Roos, Harald ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity; Anterior cruciate ligament; Bilateral; Biomechanical; Contralateral; Intercondylar notch; Neuromuscular

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SPORT INJURY;

AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 73449112980     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-1026-3     Document Type: Article

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