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British Journal of Sports Medicine 1995;29:274-275; doi:10.1136/bjsm.29.4.274
Copyright © 1995 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine.

Spontaneous rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament after anabolic steroids.

B J Freeman, G D Rooker

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cheltenham General Hospital, Gloucestershire, UK.

Anabolic steroids remain popular among body builders and power athletes despite numerous warning about their side effects. A case of spontaneous rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament is reported in a bodybuilder taking steroids. While there are many published reports of tendon rupture associated with steroid intake, the authors could find no report relating to ligament disruption.


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