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SUBMITTER: Beynnon BD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6604060 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beynnon Bruce D BD Vacek Pamela M PM Sturnick Daniel R DR Holterman Leigh Ann LA Gardner-Morse Mack M Tourville Timothy W TW Smith Helen C HC Slauterbeck James R JR Johnson Robert J RJ Shultz Sandra J SJ
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 20130930 1
The purpose of this study was to determine if geometry of the articular surfaces of the tibial plateau is associated with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This was a longitudinal cohort study with a nested case-control analysis. Seventy-eight subjects who suffered a non-contact ACL tear and a corresponding number of controls matched by age, sex, and sport underwent 3 T MRI of both knees. Surface geometry of the tibial articular cartilage was characterized with polynomial equa ...[more]