Physiological incongruity of the humero-ulnar joint: a functional principle of optimized stress distribution acting upon articulating surfaces?

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 449-455

  Eckstein, Felix ^a   Löhe, Florian ^a   Schulte, Erik ^b   Müller Gerbl, Magdalena ^a   Milz, Stefan ^a   Putz, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elbow joint physiology; Humero ulnar joint; Incongruity; Joint loading; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0027142395     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: 14320568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00190139     Document Type: Article

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