A new plain radiography method using the optimal angle of knee flexion for assessing early degeneration of the knee joint

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 614-617

  Kotani, Hironobu ^a,b   Ishisaka, Naoya ^a   Furu, Moritoshi ^a   Miki, Takaaki ^a   Ueo, Toyoji ^a  

^a Tamatsukuri Koseinenkin Hospital   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cartilage wear; Joint space narrowing; Knee; Osteoarthritis; radiograph

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VARUS KNEE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 23044464067     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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