Primary repair of patellar tendon rupture without augmentation

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 304-307

  Marder, Richard A ^a   Timmerman, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032966075     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465990270030601     Document Type: Article

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