Effects of joint unloading and reloading human cartilage morphology and function, muscle cross-sectional areas, and bone density - A quantitative case report

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-290

  Hudelmaier, Martin ^a,b   Glaser, C ^c   Hausschild, A ^b   Burgkart, R ^d   Eckstein, F ^a,b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Bone mineral density; Immobilization; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle cross sectional areas; Remobilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMUR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 33750456930     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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