Anterior knee pain and cold knees: A possible association in women

Knee

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-323

  Selfe, James ^a   Sutton, Chris ^a   Hardaker, Natalie J ^a   Greenhalgh, Sue ^b   Karki, Anne ^c   Dey, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Bolton Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Satakunta Applied University   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Ischaemia; Patella; Skin temperature; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD LIMB; COLD STRESS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED FUNCTIONAL INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; WINTER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PALPATION; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955920182     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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