In situ and ex vivo evaluation of an arthroscopic indentation instrument to estimate the health status of articular cartilage in the equine metacarpophalangeal joint

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-266

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROSCOPE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPES; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33645515310     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2006.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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