Anterior knee pain after intramedullary nailing of fractures of the tibial shaft: An eight-year follow-up of a prospective, randomized study comparing two different nail-insertion techniques

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1511-1516

  Väistö, Olli ^a,d   Toivanen, Jarmo ^b   Kannus, Pekka ^e   Järvinen, Markku ^b,c  

^a National Graduate School of Clinical Investigation   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Intramedullary nailing; Operative technique; Tibial shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JUMPING; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING; BONE NAIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650337006     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318031cd27     Document Type: Article

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