Treatment of magnetic resonance imaging-documented isolated grade III lateral collateral ligament injuries in national football league athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-91

  Bushnell, Brandon D ^a   Bitting, Seth S ^b   Crain, Jana M ^c   Boublik, Martin ^d   Schlegel, Theodore F ^d  

^a Harbin Clinic Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (Canada)

^c California Advanced Imaging Medical Associates Inc   (United States)

^d THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee ligaments; Lateral collateral ligament (LCL); Ligament reconstruction; Ligamentous injury; National Football League (NFL)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE;

EID: 76849112712     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509344075     Document Type: Article

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