Reliability of the lateral pull test and tilt test to assess patellar alignment in subjects with symptomatic knees: Student raters

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 368-374

  Watson, C J ^a   Leddy, H M ^a   Dynjan, T D ^a   Parham, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral tracking; Patellar mobility; Patellofemoral alignment; Patellofemoral pain syndrome; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0034950114     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2001.31.7.368     Document Type: Article

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