Anterior knee pain after intramedullary nailing of a tibial shaft fracture: An ultrasound study of the patellar tendons of 36 patients

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 311-316

  Väistö, Olli ^a,b   Toivanen, Jarmo ^a,b   Paakkala, Timo ^a,b   Järvelä, Timo ^a,b   Kannus, Pekka ^a,c   Järvinen, Markku ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Intramedullary nailing; Patellar tendon changes; Tibial fracture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CHRONIC PAIN; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATELLA; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENDONS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 20644462565     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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