Patellar dislocation has predisposing factors: A roentgenographic study on lateral and tangential views in patients and healthy controls

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 212-216

  Mäenpää, Heikki ^a   Lehto, Matti U K ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Patellar dislocation; Predisposing factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISLOCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; PATELLA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; PATELLA;

EID: 0030339808     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01567965     Document Type: Article

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