Adolescent patellofemoral pain: A review of evidence for the role of lower extremity biomechanics and core instability

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Carry, Patrick M ^a   Kanai, Susan ^a   Miller, Nancy H ^a,b   Polousky, John D ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BRACE; BURSITIS; CAST APPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; ILIOTIBIAL BAND FRICTION SYNDROME; KINEMATICS; LEG; LIGAMENT INJURY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE TRAINING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; STRETCHING EXERCISE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PRONATION;

EID: 77955607648     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100526-16     Document Type: Review

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