Evaluation of clinical and radiographic measures and reliability of the quadriceps angle measurement in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis

• Main Authors: Mateus Ramos Amorim (Author), Sueli Ferreira da Fonseca (Author), Arthur Nascimento Arrieiro (Author), Wellington Fabiano Gomes (Author), Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Editora Champagnat.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Knees osteoarthritis (OA) is a complex degenerative disease with intra-articular changes affecting the amplitude of the quadriceps angle (Q). To measure this variable, it is necessary to use reliable protocols aiming at methodological reproducibility. The objective was to evaluate the i...