Discoid lateral meniscus in children: Limited knee extension and meniscal instability in the posterior segment

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 544-548

  Yoo, Won Joon ^a,b   Choi, In Ho ^a   Chung, Chin Youb ^a   Lee, Myung Chul ^a   Cho, Tae Joon ^a   Park, Moon Seok ^a   Lee, Dong Yeon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Discoid lateral meniscus; Limited knee extension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISCOID KNEE MENISCUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROPLASTY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROPLASTY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 55249101301     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31817766dd     Document Type: Article

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