Normative value of the patellar tendon size: A sonographic study of a cohort of healthy adults in a suburb of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria

Normative value of the patellar tendon size: A sonographic study of a cohort of healthy adults in a suburb of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria

Aim: This study aimed to determine patellar tendon (PT) size using sonographic technique. Materials and Methods: PT thickness (PTT), width, and cross-sectional area (CSA) were measured in 277 healthy adults. Mean was computed for patella tendon thickness, its width and CSA for the population. Therea...

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Main Authors: Cletus Uche Eze, Chinenye Emmanuella Nwaizugbo, Adekunle A Adeyomoye, Ernest Ruto Upeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Sciences
Subjects:
Measurement
patellar tendon
sonography
thickness
Online Access:http://www.jcsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2468-6859;year=2019;volume=16;issue=3;spage=93;epage=97;aulast=Eze

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