Anterior cruciate ligament prevention strategies: Are they effective in young athletes - Current concepts and review of literature

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-71

  Ladenhauf, Hannah N ^a   Graziano, Jessica ^b   Marx, Robert G ^c  

^a University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b Department of Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; athlete; children; knee

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGILITY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FITNESS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLYOMETRICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAINING; VALGUS KNEE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873091044     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32835ad208     Document Type: Review

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