Knee-spine syndrome: Correlation between sacral inclination and patellofemoral joint pain

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 519-523

  Tsuji, Taichi ^a   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^a   Goto, Manabu ^a   Yimin, Yu ^a   Sato, Koji ^b   Hasegawa, Yukiharu ^a   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Patellofemoral joint; Sacral inclination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SPINE SYNDROME; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHENOMENOLOGY; SACRUM; STANDING;

EID: 0036034672     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760200092     Document Type: Article

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