Posterior tibial slope as a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament rupture in soccer players

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 763-767

  Şenişik, Seçkin ^a   Özgürbüz, Cengizhan ^a   Ergün, Metin ^a   Yüksel, Oǧuz ^a   Taşkiran, Emin ^a   Işlegen, Çetin ^a   Ertat, Ahmet ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ACL injury; Dominant leg; Exercise; Knee; Soccer; Tibial slope

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155149710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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