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Nonoperative Treatment of Patellofemoral Joint

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Patellofemoral disorders are a complex argument still debated in the scientific community; many classifications have been proposed, and treatment cannot be considered by a single algorithm.

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  1. Isokinetic Medical Group – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Milano, Italy

    Lorenzo Boldrini & Furio Danelon

  2. Isokinetic Medical Group – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy

    Francesco Della Villa & Stefano Della Villa

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  1. Orthopaedic Arthroscopic Surgery, International (O.A.S.I.) Bioresearch Foundation, Gobbi N.P.O., Milan, Italy

    Alberto Gobbi

  2. Medical Centre of Excellence, Clínica do Dragão – Espregueira- Mendes Sports Centre – FIFA, Porto, Portugal

    João Espregueira-Mendes

  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Osaka Health Science University, Osaka, Japan

    Norimasa Nakamura

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Boldrini, L., Danelon, F., Della Villa, F., Della Villa, S. (2014). Nonoperative Treatment of Patellofemoral Joint. In: Gobbi, A., Espregueira-Mendes, J., Nakamura, N. (eds) The Patellofemoral Joint. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54965-6_13

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