Current concepts of diagnosis and management of ACL injuries in skeletally immature athletes

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-101

  Finlayson, Craig J ^a   Nasreddine, Adam ^a   Kocher, Mininder S ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anterior cruciate ligament; Growth plate

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GROWTH; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAMSTRING; HISTORY; HUMAN; METAPHYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PREPUBERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; INJURIES; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT;

EID: 77955359151     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.06.1789     Document Type: Review

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