Knee instability: The orthopedic approach

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-16

  Cummings, Jeffrey R ^a,b,c   Pedowitz, Robert A ^b,c  

^a Tahoe Fracture and Orthopedic Clinic   (United States)

^b San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Fellowship   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Instability; Knee; Ligament; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRACE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 16244415538     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-867100     Document Type: Review

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