Q-angle undervalued? The relationship between Q-angle and medio-lateral position of the patella

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1070-1073

  Herrington, Lee ^a   Nester, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patella position; Q angle; Relationships

Indexed keywords

FEMORAL TROCHLEAR GROOVES; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN PATIENTS; QUADRICEPS ANGLE MEASUREMENTS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; RELIABILITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PALPATION; PATELLA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 8644284246     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.07.010     Document Type: Article

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