Relation between anterior cruciate ligament graft obliquity and knee laxity in elite athletes at the national football league combine

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1104-1113

  Mall, Nathan A ^a   Matava, Matthew J ^a   Wright, Rick W ^a   Brophy, Robert H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ATHLETES; CHILD; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864452815     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: 15263231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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