The role of patellar tendon morphometry on anterior knee pain

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 539-543

  Tuncyurek, Ozum ^a   Ozkol, Mine ^b   Ozic, Ugur ^b   Pabuscu, Yuksel ^b  

^a Ataturk State Hospital Aydin   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Knee anatomy; Patellar tendon morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA TENDON; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TENDON LENGTH; TENDON SURFACE AREA; TENDON THICKNESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTHRALGIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955562684     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-009-0610-z     Document Type: Article

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