Assessing Medial Collateral Ligament Knee Lesions in General Practice

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Kastelein, Marlous ^a   Wagemakers, Harry P A ^a   Luijsterburg, Pim A J ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practice; History taking; Knee injury; Medial collateral ligament lesion; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LEG; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 54349102011     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.041     Document Type: Article

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