The elephant knee joint: Morphological and biomechanical considerations

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-72

  Weissengruber, Gerald E ^a   Fuss, F K ^b   Egger, G ^a   Stanek, G ^a   Hittmair, K M ^a   Forstenpointner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cruciate ligaments; Elephas maximus; Gonarthrosis; Helical axis; Kinematic analysis; Loxodonta africana; Stifle joint

Indexed keywords

ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ARTHROGRAPHY; BIOMECHANICS; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINTS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; PATELLA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645959185     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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