Vastus medialis obliquus atrophy: Does it exist in patellofemoral pain syndrome?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1450-1455

  Pattyn, Els ^a   Verdonk, Peter ^b   Steyaert, Adelheid ^b   Vanden Bossche, Luc ^b   Van Den Broecke, Wouter ^c   Thijs, Youri ^a   Witvrouw, Erik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Jan Palfijn Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cross sectional area; magnetic resonance imaging; patellofemoral pain syndrome; vastus medialis obliquus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960133780     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511401183     Document Type: Article

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