Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 9 , Pages 951-958 , November 2004

A new weight-bearing meniscal test and a comparison with McMurray’s test and joint line tenderness

  • Devrim Akseki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Celal Bayar University School of Medicine, Manisa
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Devrim Akseki, M.D., 108/32 sok., No. 22/8, Esendere, 35050 İzmir, Turkey.
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  • Özal Özcan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Celal Bayar University School of Medicine, Manisa
    • Başkent University, Zübeyde Hanim Research and Medical Center, İzmir
    • Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
  • ,
  • Hakan Boya, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Başkent University, Zübeyde Hanim Research and Medical Center, İzmir
  • ,
  • Halit Pınar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.

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PII: S0749-8063(04)00861-8

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.08.020

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 9 , Pages 951-958 , November 2004