The measurement of patellar height: A review of the methods of imaging

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1045-1053

  Phillips, C L ^a   Silver, D A T ^a   Schranz, P J ^a   Mandalia, V ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARAB; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DYSPLASIA; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR SHAFT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NEGRO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; PATELLA ALTA; PATELLA INFERA; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; TIBIA TUBEROSITY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955399759     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B8.23794     Document Type: Review

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