Association between measures of patella height, morphologic features of the trochlea, and patellofemoral joint alignment: The MOST study knee

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2641-2648

  Stefanik, Joshua J ^a   Zumwalt, Ann C ^a   Segal, Neil A ^b   Lynch, John A ^c   Powers, Christopher M ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INSALL SALVATI RATIO; LATERAL TROCHLEAR INCLINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL TROCHLEAR INCLINATION; MODIFIED INSALL SALVATI RATIO; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PATELLA TENDON; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULCUS ANGLE; TROCHLEAR ANGLE;

EID: 84880318010     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2942-6     Document Type: Article

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