Acute effects of the Protonics system on patellofemoral alignment: An MRI study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-48

  Sathe, Vinayak M ^a   Ireland, Mary Lloyd ^a   Ballantyne, Bryon T ^b   Quick, Nancy E ^c   McClay, Irene S ^d  

^a Kentucky Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b Joyner Sportsmedicine Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Patellar alignment; Patellofemoral pains

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALALIGNMENT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA;

EID: 0036358296     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001670100249     Document Type: Article

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