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Skeletal Malalignment and Anterior Knee Pain: Rationale, Diagnosis, and Management

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Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Robert A. Teitge MD (Member of the “International Patellofemoral Study Group”)

  2. Instituto Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Roger Torga-Spak MD

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Teitge, R.A., Torga-Spak, R. (2006). Skeletal Malalignment and Anterior Knee Pain: Rationale, Diagnosis, and Management. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (eds) Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-143-1_11

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