Joint fluid hydrostatic pressures that empty synovial capillaries of red cells have a wide range and correlate with pressures emptying arterioles

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1364-1368

  Kuriwaka, Yoshiomi ^a   Ahlqvist, Johan ^a,b  

^a Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arteriolar vasodilatation; Arthroscopy; Capillary pressure; Joint swelling; Starling pressures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLES; ARTHROSCOPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031863281     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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