Posterior-anterior weight-bearing radiograph in 15° knee flexion in medial osteoarthritis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-34

  Yamanaka, Norio ^a,b   Takahashi, Toshiaki ^a   Ichikawa, Norikazu ^b   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kochi Prefectural Aki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Joint space narrowing; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Radiographs; Tibiofemoral angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT DEGENERATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037609014     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0574-0     Document Type: Article

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