How to diagnose isolated articular cartilage lesions of the knee in a consulting room

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-25

  Habata, T ^a   Uematsu, K ^a   Hattori, K ^a   Kasanami, R ^a   Takakura, Y ^a   Fujisawa, Y ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nara Shin ohmiya Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Articular cartilage lesion; Clinical diagnosis; Knee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMALACIA; PATELLA CHONDROMALACIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

EID: 19444384965     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-005-0075-8     Document Type: Article

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