The physical therapist's approach to patellofemoral disorders

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 363-387

  McConnell, Jenny ^a,b  

^a McConnell and Clements Physiotherapy   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; KNEE DISEASE; LEG; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; ORTHOTICS; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036656935     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5919(02)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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