Can patellar tape reduce the patellar malalignment and pain associated with patellofemoral osteoarthritis?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1719-1725

  Crossley, Kay M ^a   Marino, Giovanni P ^a   Macilquham, Michael D ^b   Schache, Anthony G ^a   Hinman, Rana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b John Fawkner Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLAR TAPE; PATELLAR TAPING; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BRACES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449124069     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24872     Document Type: Article

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