A technique for the measurement of patellar tracking during weight-bearing activities using ultrasound

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 449-457

  Shih, Yi Fen ^a   Bull, A M J ^a   McGregor, A H ^a   Humphries, K ^a   Amis, A A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Patella; Patellar tracking; Patello femoral joint; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

PATELLA; PATELLAR TRACKING; PATELLO-FEMORAL JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

INTER-RATER RELIABILITIES; LATERAL POSITIONS; PATELLA; PATELLAR TRACKING; PATELLAR TRANSLATIONS; PATELLOFEMORAL; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; PATELLA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0348146388     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544110360729081     Document Type: Article

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