Joint line fullness and meniscal pathology

Sports Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-50

  Couture, Jean Francois ^a   Al Juhani, Wazzan ^a   Forsythe, Michael E ^a   Lenczner, Eric ^a   Marien, Robert ^a   Burman, Mark ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

joint line; meniscal cyst; meniscal tear; physical examination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855163828     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738111422330     Document Type: Article

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