Patellar Dislocation in Skeletally Immature Athletes

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-196

  Shea, Kevin G ^a   Nilsson, Kurt ^a   Belzer, Jennifer ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; cartilage injury; dislocation; patella; pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE MATURATION; BONE STRUCTURE; BRACE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 33750512614     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.otsm.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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