Effect of gender and sports on the risk of full-thickness articular cartilage lesions in anterior cruciate ligament-injured knees: A nationwide cohort study from sweden and norway of 15 783 patients

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1387-1394

  Røtterud, Jan Harald ^a   Sivertsen, Einar A ^a   Forssblad, Magnus ^b,c   Engebretsen, Lars ^c,d,e   Årøen, Asbjørn ^c,d,e  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Capio Artro Clinic AB   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); cartilage lesions; gender; registry; risk; sports; timing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960115737     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510397813     Document Type: Article

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