Side-to-side differences in anterior cruciate ligament volume in healthy control subjects

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 576-578

  Jamison, S T ^a   Flanigan, D C ^a   Nagaraja, H N ^a   Chaudhari, A M W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterior cruciate ligament; Injury; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACL RUPTURE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; HEALTHY CONTROLS; IN-VIVO; INJURY MECHANISMS; LOADING EFFECTS; NON-INVASIVE; POTENTIAL RISKS; SCREENING TOOL;

HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LIGAMENTS;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449092412     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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