Non-operative treatment of degenerative posterior root tear of the medial meniscus

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 535-539

  Lim, Hong Chul ^a   Bae, Ji Hoon ^a   Wang, Joon Ho ^a   Seok, Chang Woo ^a   Kim, Min Keun ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Medial meniscus; Non operative treatment; Root tear

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951253480     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0891-0     Document Type: Article

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