Coloured microsphere assessment of blood flow to knee ligaments in adult rabbits: Effects of injury

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 618-625

  Bray, R C ^a   Butterwick, D J ^a   Doschak, M R ^a   Tyberg, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COLORED MICROSPHERES; LIGAMENT INJURY; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; JOINT INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030198998     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100140417     Document Type: Article

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