Bilateral Q angle asymmetry and anterior knee pain syndrome

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-13

  Livingston, Lori A ^a   Mandigo, James L ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Bilateral asymmetry; Q angle

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; JOINTS (ANATOMY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

QUADRICEPS ANGLES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032953611     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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