The role of the knee brace in the prevention of anterior knee pain syndrome

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-122

  BenGal, Shlomo ^a   Lowe, Joseph ^b,c   Mann, Gideon ^a,b   Finsterbush, Alexander ^b   Matan, Yoav ^b  

^a WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031021605     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/036354659702500123     Document Type: Article

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