Femoral avulsion of the medial patellofemoral ligament after primary traumatic patellar dislocation predicts subsequent instability in men: A mean 7-year nonoperative follow-up study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1513-1521

  Sillanpää, Petri J ^a,b   Peltola, Erno ^c   Mattila, Ville M ^a   Kiuru, Martti ^a   Visuri, Tuomo ^d   Pihlajamäki, Harri ^a,d  

^a CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Injury; Knee; Medial patellofemoral ligament; Patella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; AVULSION INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; PATELLAR DISLOCATION;

EID: 70449728440     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546509333010     Document Type: Article

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