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Sex comparison of familial predisposition to anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA - 1 Feb 2014
Myer Gregory D, Heidt Robert S, Waits Chad, Finck Samuel, Stanfield Denver, Posthumus Michael, Hewett Timothy E
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: In an effort to identify risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, many potential risk factors have been proposed, including familial predisposition. However, no study has evaluated familial predisposition in male or females separately. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a familial predisposition to ACL injury exists in both males and females. METHODS: One hundred and...
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