The patellofemoral pain syndrome in recruits undergoing military training: A prospective 2-year follow-up study

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-340

  Dorotka, Ronald ^a,b   Jimenez Boj, Esther ^a   Kypta, Alexander ^b,c   Kollar, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Military Hospital Vienna   (Austria)

^c KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY PHENOMENA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER;

EID: 0037387787     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.4.337     Document Type: Article

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