Idiopathic anterior knee pain in the young a prospective controlled trial

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-359

  Patil, Sunit ^a   Wurrn, Lisa ^a   Jones, Alex ^a   Hui, Anthony C W ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anterior knee pain; Hamstrings tightness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954566599     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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