Imaging of patellofemoral disorders

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 543-557

  Elias, David A ^a   White, L M ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Conventional radiographs; Knee; Magnetic resonance (MR); Patellofemoral

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; KINEMATICS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PATELLA CHONDROMALACIA; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; STATIC EXERCISE;

ARTHROSCOPY; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATELLA; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242677240     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.01.004     Document Type: Review

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