The natural history of anterior knee pain in adolescents Export

@article{264, abstract = {Anterior knee pain in adolescents is generally recognised as a common but benign self-limiting condition. Although many operative procedures for its treatment have been proposed, there is little statistical evidence that they are more effective than expectant management. A group of 54 adolescent girls has been followed for two to eight years from presentation with anterior knee pain. Although some pain persisted in the majority, in many the symptoms declined in severity. This study provides a baseline for comparison with the results of operative intervention; it is suggested that surgical treatment is unproven and unnecessary.}, author = {Sandow, M. J. and Goodfellow, J. W.}, citeulike-article-id = {2858930}, comment = {LR: 20041117; PUBM: Print; JID: 0375355; ppublish}, journal = {Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume; The Journal of bone and joint surgery.British volume}, keywords = {anterior-knee-pain, for\_trainees, natural-history}, number = {1}, pages = {36--38}, posted-at = {2008-06-03 12:54:47}, priority = {2}, title = {The natural history of anterior knee pain in adolescents}, volume = {67} }

TY - JOUR ID - 264 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2858930 N2 - Anterior knee pain in adolescents is generally recognised as a common but benign self-limiting condition. Although many operative procedures for its treatment have been proposed, there is little statistical evidence that they are more effective than expectant management. A group of 54 adolescent girls has been followed for two to eight years from presentation with anterior knee pain. Although some pain persisted in the majority, in many the symptoms declined in severity. This study provides a baseline for comparison with the results of operative intervention; it is suggested that surgical treatment is unproven and unnecessary. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume; The Journal of bone and joint surgery.British volume EP - 38 TI - The natural history of anterior knee pain in adolescents VL - 67 SP - 36 KW - anterior-knee-pain KW - for_trainees KW - natural-history N1 - LR: 20041117; PUBM: Print; JID: 0375355; ppublish AU - Sandow, MJ AU - Goodfellow, JW ER -