Shallow medial tibial plateau and steep medial and lateral tibial slopes: New risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament injuries

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-62

  Hashemi, Javad ^a,c   Chandrashekar, Naveen ^b   Mansouri, Hossein ^c   Gill, Brian ^c   Slauterbeck, James R ^d   Schutt Jr , Robert C ^c   Dabezies, Eugene ^c   Beynnon, Bruce D ^d  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL injury; Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Risk factors; Tibial plateau; Tibial slope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIBIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76849091702     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509349055     Document Type: Article

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