Disruption of the extensor mechanism of the knee

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-168

  McGrory, James E ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee injury; Patellar tendon tear; Quadriceps tendon tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EFFUSION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; TENDON RUPTURE; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

EID: 0037331107     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(02)00719-9     Document Type: Article

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