In Vivo Assessment of Patellofemoral Joint Contact Area in Individuals Who are Pain Free

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 417, Issue , 2003, Pages 277-284

  Salsich, Gretchen B ^a   Ward, Samuel R ^b   Terk, Michael R ^c   Powers, Christopher M ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTACT ANGLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0345491950     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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