The clinical importance of meniscal tears demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging in osteoarthritis of the knee

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-9

  Bhattacharyya, Timothy ^a   Gale, Daniel ^b   Dewire, Peter ^a   Totterman, Saara ^c   Gale, M Elon ^b   McLaughlin, Sara ^d   Einhorn, Thomas A ^a   Felson, David T ^d  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGE; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CHONDROPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037264549     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200301000-00002     Document Type: Article

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