Is high-impact sports participation associated with bowlegs in adolescent boys?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 993-998

  Thijs, Youri ^a   Bellemans, Johan ^b   Rombaut, Lies ^c   Witvrouw, Erik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

boys; Knee varus; osteoarthritis; sports participation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; VARUS KNEE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; GENU VARUM; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84861500428     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182407ca0     Document Type: Article

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