The radiographic joint space width in clinically normal hips: Effects of age, gender and physical parameters

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 328-334

  Goker, B ^a   Sancak, A ^a   Arac, M ^a   Shott, S ^b   Block, J A ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hip; Joint space width; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; GENDER; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0037766050     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1063-4584(03)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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