Defending Puts the Anterior Cruciate Ligament at Risk During Soccer: A Gender-Based Analysis

Sports Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 244-249

  Brophy, Robert H ^a   Stepan, Jeffrey G ^b   Silvers, Holly J ^c   Mandelbaum, Bert R ^c  

^a Washington University Orthopedics   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group   (United States)

Author keywords

ACL; anterior cruciate ligament; football; soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928124547     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738114535184     Document Type: Article

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