Poor correlation of clinical signs with patellar cartilaginous changes

Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 307-310

  Niskanen, Raimo O ^a   Paavilainen, Pasi J ^a   Jaakkola, Mika ^a   Korkala, Olli L ^a  

^a Lahti Central Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apprehension test; Chondromalacia; Flexion test; Inhibition test; Knee arthroscopy; Tracking test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHONDROMALACIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0035297277     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2001.21240     Document Type: Article

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