Sex differences in knee cartilage volume in adults: Role of body and bone size, age and physical activity

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1317-1323

  Ding, C ^b   Cicuttini, F ^a   Scott, F ^b   Glisson, M ^a   Jones, G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Cartilage; Knee; Sex; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRUCTURE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA;

ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATELLA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIBIA;

EID: 0242524662     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg374     Document Type: Article

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