The association between patella alignment and knee pain and function: an MRI study in persons with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1235-1240

  Kalichman, L ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Niu, J ^a   Gale, D ^a   Felson, D T ^a   Hunter, D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Patellar alignment; Patellofemoral joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PATELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 35648952852     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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