Anterior knee pain: A review

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-45

  Cutbill, John W ^a   Ladly, Katherine O ^a   Bray, Robert C ^a   Thorne, Paul ^b   Verhoef, Marja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Assessment; Classification; Consensus; Definition; Diagnostic tests; Guidelines; Management

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; KNEE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031018448     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199701000-00008     Document Type: Review

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