The distribution of cartilage thickness within the joints of the lower limb of elderly individuals

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-214

  Adam, Christoph ^a   Eckstein, Felix ^a   Milz, Stefan ^a   Putz, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ankle joint; Articular cartilage; Biomechanics; Computer models; Functional adaptation; Hip joint; Knee joint; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; KNEE; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031786759     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878298003860     Document Type: Article

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