Anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty: A narrative review

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-328

  Petersen, Wolf ^a   Rembitzki, Ingo Volker ^b   Brüggemann, Gerd Peter ^c   Ellermann, Andree ^d   Best, Raymond ^e   Koppenburg, Andreas Gösele ^f   Liebau, Christian ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Harzkliniken GmbH Fritz König Stift   (Germany)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d ARCUS Sportklinik   (Germany)

^e Sportklinik   (Germany)

^f CrossKlinik Basel   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic valgus; Functional malalignment; Patellar instability; Patellar maltracking; Rotational error

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; TIBIA;

EID: 84894534031     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-2081-4     Document Type: Review

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