Measurement of articular cartilage volumes in the normal knee by magnetic resonance imaging: Can cartilage volumes be estimated from physical characteristics?

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 246-252

  Nishimura, Keita ^a   Tanabe, Tomohiro ^a   Kimura, Michio ^a   Harasawa, Arimi ^a   Karita, Kanae ^a   Matsushita, Takashi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOOT; HEEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; LOWER LEG; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMETRY; PATELLA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIGH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 21044451150     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-005-0889-5     Document Type: Article

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