Knee osteoarthritis in 50 former top-level footballers: A comparative (control group) study

Annales de Readaptation et de Medecine Physique

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 174-178

  Elleuch, M H ^a,d   Guermazi, M ^a,d   Mezghanni, M ^a,d   Ghroubi, S ^a,d   Fki, H ^b   Mefteh, S ^a   Baklouti, S ^b   Sellami, S ^c  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Unité de Recherche Sur Les Pathologies de l'Appareil Locomoteur 04 UR 07 08   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Football; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Sport

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SOCCER; TUNISIA;

EID: 41949114782     PISSN: 01686054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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