Patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis: An important subgroup of knee osteoarthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1057-1062

  Hinman, Ranash S ^a   Crossley, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knee; Osteoarthritis; Patellofemoral joint

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINTS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 34447296197     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem114     Document Type: Review

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