Medial abrasion syndrome: A neglected cause of knee pain in middle and old age

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2015, Pages

  Lyu, Shaw Ruey ^a,c   Lee, Ching Chih ^b,c   Hsu, Chia Chen ^a  

^a Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE PAIN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL ABRASION SYNDROME; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; SYNOVECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGING; ARTHROSCOPY; COMPLICATION; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME;

EID: 84929658379     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000736     Document Type: Article

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