Increased risk of knee injuries and osteoarthritis in the non-dominant leg of former professional football players

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 40-43

  Krajnc, Zmago ^a   Vogrin, Matjaž ^a,b   Rečnik, Gregor ^a   Crnjac, Anton ^a   Drobnič, Matej ^a   Antolič, Vane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Football; Injury; Knee; Leg dominance; Osteoarthritis; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; KNEE INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REOPERATION; SLOVENIA; SOCCER;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA; SOCCER;

EID: 77955521352     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-010-1341-1     Document Type: Article

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