Randomized controlled trial of protonics on patellar pain, position, and function

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 665-670

  Timm, Kent E ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Anterior knee pain; Knee rehabilitation; Patellar biomechanics; Patellofemoral congruence angle; Patellofemoral pain; Progressive resistance exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATELLA; POSTURE;

EID: 0031945904     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199805000-00004     Document Type: Article

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