Patellar shape can be a predisposing factor in patellar instability

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 663-670

  Panni, Alfredo Schiavone ^a   Cerciello, Simone ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b   Di Cesare, Mariachiara ^c   Servien, Elvire ^d   Neyret, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Objective patellar instability; Patellar shape; Patellar tilt; Trochlear dysplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA; PATELLA DISLOCATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIBIA;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATELLA; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952993950     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1329-4     Document Type: Article

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