Anterior cruciate ligament injury in elite football: A prospective three-cohort study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Waldén, Markus ^a,b   Hägglund, Martin ^a   Magnusson, Henrik ^a   Ekstrand, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Hassleholm Kristianstad Hospitals   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACL; Epidemiology; Incidence; Sex; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650784435     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1170-9     Document Type: Article

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