Ligamentous laxity of the knee during childhood and adolescence

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-187

  Hinton, Richard Y ^a,c   Rivera, Venus R ^a   Pautz, Matthew J ^b   Sponseller, Paul D ^b  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Union Memorial Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Child; Joint instability; Knee; Ligaments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROMETER; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 41849099982     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181652120     Document Type: Article

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