Patellofemoral Kinematics during Weight-Bearing and Non-Weight-Bearing Knee Extension in Persons with Lateral Subluxation of the Patella: A Preliminary Study

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 677-685

  Powers, Christopher M ^a,e   Ward, Samuel R ^a   Fredericson, Michael ^b   Guillet, Marc ^c   Shellock, Frank G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Apex Physical Therapy   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHP 155 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Patellar tracking; Patellofemoral joint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0942298745     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2003.33.11.677     Document Type: Article

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