Normal values of knee angle, intercondylar and intermalleolar distances in Nigerian children

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-304

  Omololu, Bade ^a   Tella, A ^a   Ogunlade, S O ^a   Adeyemo, A A ^a   Adebisi, A ^a   Alonge, T O ^a   Salawu, S A ^a   Akinpelu, A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Children; Knee angle; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KNEE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NIGERIA; NORMAL VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALGUS KNEE; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMUR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; TIBIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INFANT; KNEE JOINT; MALE; NIGERIA; REFERENCE VALUES; TIBIA;

EID: 2342472077     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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