Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female athletes: Why are women more susceptible?

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Moeller, James L ^a,b,d   Lamb, Mary M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b American College of Sports Medicine Pilates Method Alliance (PMA)   (United States)

^c St Margaret Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d Liliane S Kaufman Bldg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 8244262041     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1997.04.1272     Document Type: Article

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