The inter-rater reliability and diagnostic accuracy of patellar mobility tests in patients with anterior knee pain

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 90-96

  Sweitzer, Brett A ^a   Cook, Chad ^b   Steadman, J Richard ^c   Hawkins, Richard J ^d   Wyland, Douglas J ^d  

^a Einstein Regional Orthopaedic Specialists   (United States)

^b WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

^d Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Knee; Patellar mobility; Patellar tendon; Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLAR MOBILITY TEST; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICIAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650315548     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.10.1813     Document Type: Article

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