Medicine

Incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury and other knee ligament injuries: a national population-based study.

S. Gianotti, S. Marshall, P. Hume, L. Bunt

2009.11.1JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.07.005

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Analysis of injury descriptions for ACLS injuries indicated that 58% involved a non-contact mechanism of injury, which underscores the high level of short-term disability associated with knee ligament injuries, especially ACL injuries that require surgery.

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GIANOTTI, S., et al. Incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury and other knee ligament injuries: A national population-based study. JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT, 2009, 12 6: 622–7.