Evaluation and management of the unstable patella

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 33-40

  Cosgarea, Andrew J ^a,b   Browne, James A ^a   Kim, Tae Kyun ^a   McFarland, Edward G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE; PAIN; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036790956     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2002.10.492     Document Type: Review

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