Patellofemoral malalignment: Looking beyond the viewbox

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 521-546

  Post, William R ^a,d   Teitge, Robert ^b   Amis, Andrew ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Corresponding Author: 1197 Pineview Drive ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; PAIN; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PAIN; PATELLA; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TORSION;

EID: 0036656981     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5919(02)00011-X     Document Type: Review

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