Breaking the Law of Valgus: the surprising and unexplained prevalence of medial patellofemoral cartilage damage

K Douglas Gross; Jingbo Niu; Joshua J Stefanik; Ali Guermazi; Frank W Roemer; Leena Sharma; Michael C Nevitt; Neil A Segal; Cora E Lewis; David T Felson

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200606

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Breaking the Law of Valgus: the surprising and unexplained prevalence of medial patellofemoral cartilage damage

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K Douglas Gross Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USADepartment of Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jingbo Niu Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joshua J Stefanik Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ali Guermazi Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Frank W Roemer Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Leena Sharma Department of Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael C Nevitt Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Neil A Segal Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cora E Lewis Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David T Felson Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to K Douglas Gross, Boston University School of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, 650 Albany Street, Suite X-200, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA; grossd{at}bu.edu

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Gross KD, Niu J, Stefanik JJ, et al

Breaking the Law of Valgus: the surprising and unexplained prevalence of medial patellofemoral cartilage damage

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2012;71:1827-1832.

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Accepted February 25, 2012
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October 05, 2012

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