Sagittal alignment of the knee and its relationship to noncontact anterior cruciate ligament injuries

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1090-1094

  Terauchi, Masanori ^a   Hatayama, Kazuhisa ^a   Yanagisawa, Sinya ^b   Saito, Kenichi ^b   Takagishi, Kenji ^b  

^a Gunma Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; hyperextension; sex differences; tibial slope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955676260     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510393305     Document Type: Article

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