Avoidance of patellar eversion improves range of motion after total knee replacement: A prospective randomized study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1206-1210

  Arnout, Nele ^a   Victor, J ^b   Cleppe, H ^b   Soenen, M ^b   van Damme, G ^b   Bellemans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AZ St Lucas   (Belgium)

Author keywords

MIS; Mobility; Patellar eversion; TKA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 70350276223     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0863-4     Document Type: Article

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