Posterior tibial slope and further anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the anterior cruciate ligament-reconstructed patient

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2800-2804

  Webb, Justin M ^a   Salmon, Lucy J ^a   Leclerc, Etienne ^a   Pinczewski, Leo A ^a   Roe, Justin P ^a  

^a Mater Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACL injury; injury prevention; knee; ligaments; posterior tibial slope; reinjury; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACL INJURY; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; LIGAMENT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTERIOR TIBIAL SLOPE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; TIBIA;

ACL INJURY; INJURY PREVENTION; KNEE; LIGAMENTS; POSTERIOR TIBIAL SLOPE; REINJURY; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TIBIA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84889005970     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546513503288     Document Type: Article

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