Comparison between patella cartilage volume and radiological assessment of the patellofemoral joint

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a   Wang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Forbes, A ^a   Wluka, A E ^a   Glisson, M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knee cartilage volume; Osteoarthritis; Patellofemoral compartment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROGRAPHY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037534431     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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