Static knee alignment and its association with radiographic knee osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 958-962

  Teichtahl, A J ^a   Cicuttini, F M ^d   Janakiramanan, N ^a   Davis, S R ^b   Wluka, A E ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alignment; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OSTEOPHYTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

AGED; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIA;

EID: 33746507936     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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