Current concepts review: Anterior cruciate ligament injury-prevention programs

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 661-669

  Postma, William F ^a   West, Robin V ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FATIGUE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT LAXITY; LEG; LIGAMENT; MATURATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXISM; TIBIA; TRUNK; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; SPORT INJURY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; RISK FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878221074     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00343     Document Type: Review

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