Prevention of ACL injury, part I: Injury characteristics, risk factors, and loading mechanism

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 180-197

  Dai, Boyi ^a   Herman, Daniel ^b   Liu, Hui ^c   Garrett, William E ^d   Yu, Bing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c BEIJING SPORT UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; biomechanics; injury mechanisms; injury prevention; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SPORT INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863507102     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438627.2012.680990     Document Type: Review

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