Association between intercondylar notch narrowing and bilateral anterior cruciate ligament injuries in athletes

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-376

  Hoteya, Koh ^a,b   Kato, Yuki ^a   Motojima, Sayaka ^a   Ingham, Sheila J ^c   Horaguchi, Takashi ^a   Saito, Akiyoshi ^a   Tokuhashi, Yasuaki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Honjo General Hospital   (Japan)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Athletes; Bilateral knee injuries; Intercondylar notch; Notch width index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955941975     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-010-1254-5     Document Type: Article

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