Radiological assessment of the position of the tibial tuberosity by means of a marking wire in knees with patellofemoral arthritis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-32

  Nagamine, R ^a   Miura, H ^a   Urabe, K ^a   Matsuda, S ^a   Chen, W J ^a   Matsunobu, T ^a   Iwamoto, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial radiograph; Patellofemoral arthritis; Tibial tuberosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TIBIA TUBEROSITY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032972930     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050468     Document Type: Article

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