Influence of age, site, and degenerative state on the speed of sound in equine articular cartilage

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1175-1180

  Brommer, Harold ^a   Laasanen, Mikko S ^b   Brama, Pieter A J ^a   van Weeren, P René ^a   Barneveld, Ab ^a   Helminen, Heikki J ^b   Jurvelin, Jukka S ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CALCULATION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HORSE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL PROBE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; SAMPLING; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THICKNESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FORELIMB; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SOUND;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 23844513799     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1175     Document Type: Article

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