Application of a clinic-based algorithm as a tool to identify female athletes at risk for anterior cruciate ligament injury: A prospective cohort study with a nested, matched case-control analysis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1978-1984

  Goetschius, John ^a   Smith, Helen C ^a   Vacek, Pamela M ^a   Holterman, Leigh Ann ^a   Shultz, Sandra J ^b   Tourville, Timothy W ^a   Slauterbeck, James ^a   Johnson, Robert J ^a   Beynnon, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament; injury risk; jump landing; knee kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; LEG; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOVEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866018314     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512456972     Document Type: Article

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