Patellofemoral pain syndrome: Evaluation and treatment

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 977-1003

  LaBella, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTONICS;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT LESION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SEX RATIO; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; SUBLUXATION; TRAINING; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 8444253774     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2004.07.006     Document Type: Review

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