Medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction improves radiographic measures of patella alta in children

Knee

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1180-1184

  Fabricant, Peter D ^a   Ladenhauf, Hannah N ^a   Salvati, Eduardo A ^a   Green, Daniel W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Caton Deschamps; Insall Salvati; MPFL; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDIAL PATELLOFEMORAL LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PATELLA ALTA; PATELLAR HEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROPLASTY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TENODESIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROPLASTY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TENODESIS;

EID: 84926255475     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: 18735800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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