Sex differences in proximal control of the knee joint

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 541-557

  Mendiguchia, Jurdan ^a,b   Ford, Kevin R ^a,c   Quatman, Carmen E ^a,d   Alentorn Geli, Eduard ^e   Hewett, Timothy E ^a,c,d,f  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Studies   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee injuries; Sex differences; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMEN; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PELVIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79959488075     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11589140-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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