Treatment of patellar tracking and pain in patellofemoral malalignment: Conservative versus surgery

Pain Clinic

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Tunay, Volga Bayrakci ^a   Ergun, Nevin ^a   Baltaci, Gül ^a   Tunay, Servet ^b   Erden, Zafer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Pain; Patellofemoral malalignment; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT MALFORMATION; JUMPING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; STANDING; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0038692097     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856903321579325     Document Type: Article

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