Distal femoral intercondylar notch dimensions and their relationship to composition and metabolism of the canine anterior cruciate ligament

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-278

  Comeford, Eithne J ^a   Tarlton, J F ^a   Avery, N C ^a   Bailey, A J ^a   Innes, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canine; Collagen; Glycosaminoglycans; Intercondylar notch; Ligament

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GELATINASE A; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; COLLAGEN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOGS; FEMALE; FEMUR; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; RUPTURE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-2;

EID: 33644672364     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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