The influence of patella alta on patellofemoral joint stress during normal and fast walking

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1040-1047

  Ward, Samuel R ^a,b   Powers, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Patella alta; Patellofemoral joint; Patellofemoral stress

Indexed keywords

JOINT REACTION FORCES; KNEE FLEXION ANGLE; PAIN-FREE CONTROLS; PATELLA ALTA;

BIOMECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPEED; STRESS ANALYSIS; WALKING AIDS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; EXERTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATELLA; TORQUE; WALKING;

EID: 8644249884     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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