Mechanisms of the anterior cruciate ligament injury in sports activities: A twenty-year clinical research of 1,700 athletes

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-675

  Kobayashi, Hirokazu ^a   Kanamura, Tomonao ^b   Koshida, Sentaro ^c   Miyashita, Koji ^d   Okado, Tsuruo ^b   Shimizu, Takuya ^e   Yokoe, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute of Sports Medicine and Science   (Japan)

^c RYOTOKUJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Dynamic alignment; Injury mechanism; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649779151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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