Patellar Dislocation in the United States: Role of Sex, Age, Race, and Athletic Participation

Journal of Knee Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-58

  Waterman, Brian R ^a   Belmont, Philip J ^a   Owens, Brett D ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Epidemiology; Instability; Patella; Patellofemoral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA DISLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLAR DISLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862245221     PISSN: 15388506     EISSN: 19382480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1286199     Document Type: Article

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