OPEN OR ARTHROSCOPIC LATERAL RELEASE - INDICATIONS, TECHNIQUES, AND REHABILITATION

Authors
FORD DH POST WR
Citation
Dh. Ford et Wr. Post, OPEN OR ARTHROSCOPIC LATERAL RELEASE - INDICATIONS, TECHNIQUES, AND REHABILITATION, Clinics in sports medicine, 16(1), 1997, pp. 29
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Sport Sciences
Journal title
Clinics in sports medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02785919
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-5919(1997)16:1<29:OOALR->2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Patients with anterior knee pain and lateral retinacular tightness usu ally improve with nonoperative management but occasionally require sur gery. Patients who benefit most from lateral release have pathologic l ateral patellar tilt and minimal arthrosis. This article discusses dia gnosis of anterior knee pain, nonoperative treatment, and relative adv antages of open and arthroscopic lateral release.