Q-angle: An invaluable parameter for evaluation of anterior knee pain

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-36

  Emami, Mohammad Jafar ^a   Ghahramani, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Abdinejad, Farzad ^a   Namazi, Hamid ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Patellar malalignment; Quadriceps angle (Q angle)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q ANGLE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846682905     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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