Rehabilitation and nonoperative treatment of patellar instability

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-104

  McConnell, Jenny ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b McConnell and Clements Physiotherapy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nonoperative treatment; Patellar instability; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMUR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE INSTABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; STRETCHING; TREATMENT PLANNING; HISTOLOGY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; PATELLA; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 34248551900     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e318054e35c     Document Type: Review

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