Clinical knee findings in floor layers with focus on meniscal status

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rytter, Søren ^a,b   Jensen, Lilli Kirkeskov ^b   Bonde, Jens Peter ^c  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b SKIVE REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIBIA; WALKING; WORKER; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57249111879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-144     Document Type: Article

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