In vivo study on the short-term effect of radiofrequency energy on chondromalacic patellar cartilage and its correlation with calcified cartilage pathology in an equine model

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 716-724

  Uthmanthil, Rajesh K ^a   Edwards, Ryland B ^a   Lu, Yan ^a   Manley, Paul A ^a   Athanasiou, Kyriacos A ^b   Markel, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALIN; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIFICATION; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; HORSE; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT EFFUSION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA CHONDROMALACIA; PERMEABILITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; PATELLA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCINOSIS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROMALACIA PATELLAE; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HORSES; PATELLA; PERMEABILITY; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 33646178331     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20108     Document Type: Article

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