Diagnosis and management of knee dislocations

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 101-111

  Peskun, Christopher J ^a   Levy, Bruce A ^b   Fanelli, Gregory C ^c   Stannard, James P ^d   Stuart, Michael J ^b   MacDonald, Peter B ^e   Marx, Robert G ^f   Boyd, Joel L ^g   Whelan, Daniel B ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

^e Pan Am Clinic   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^g TRIA Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Knee; Ligament injury; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MORBID OBESITY; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVASCULARIZATION; SHEAR STRESS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SURGEON; TENDON RUPTURE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; KNEE DISLOCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 78650258848     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.12.1832     Document Type: Article

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