The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 427-431 , December 2009

Correlates of knee anterior laxity in sportswomen

  • Renata Vauhnik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health Studies, University of Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia
    • Division of Applied Biomedical Research, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
    • Arthron — Institute for Joint and Sports Injuries, Celje, Republic of Slovenia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physiotherapy, College of Health Studies, University of Ljubljana, Poljanska cesta 26 A, Republic of Slovenia. Tel.: +386 41 753 913; fax: +386 1 300 11 19.
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  • Matthew C. Morrissey

      Affiliations

    • Division of Applied Biomedical Research, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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  • Olga M. Rutherford

      Affiliations

    • Division of Applied Biomedical Research, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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  • Zmago Turk

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Centre Maribor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ljubljanska ulica 5, 2000 Maribor, Republic of Slovenia
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  • Iztok A. Pilih

      Affiliations

    • Arthron — Institute for Joint and Sports Injuries, Celje, Republic of Slovenia
    • University Medical Centre Maribor, Department of Traumatology, General Hospital Maribor, Republic of Slovenia
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  • Maja Pohar Perme

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, University of Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia

Received 28 January 2009 ,Revised 22 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 April 2009.

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PII: S0968-0160(09)00070-2

doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.04.001

The Knee
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 427-431 , December 2009

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