Risk factors for posterior lateral meniscus root tears in anterior cruciate ligament injuries

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-145

  Feucht, Matthias J ^a   Bigdon, Sebastian ^a   Mehl, Julian ^a   Bode, Gerrit ^a   Müller Lantzsch, Catharina ^a   Südkamp, Norbert P ^a   Niemeyer, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACL; Anterior cruciate ligament; Contact injury; Meniscus; Root tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84920604855     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-014-3280-2     Document Type: Article

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