The validity of clinical measures of patella position

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-230

  McEwan, Islay ^a   Herrington, Lee ^b   Thom, Jeanette ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Patella; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA POSITION; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TILTING; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34347267244     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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