Magnetic resonance imaging-documented chondral injuries about the knee in college football players: 3-year national football league combine data

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1237-1240

  Hirshorn, Kurt C ^a   Cates, Taylor ^a   Gillogly, Scott ^a,b  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Atlanta Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE INJURY; COLLEGE STUDENT; FOOTBALL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SPORT INJURY; ADULT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATHLETE; INJURY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WORK CAPACITY;

ATHLETES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952117355     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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