A review on the mechanical quality of articular cartilage - Implications for the diagnosis of osteoarthritis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 999-1012

  Knecht, Sven ^a   Vanwanseele, Benedicte ^b   Stüssi, Edgar ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Assessment; Biomechanical; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS;

CARTILAGE;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DYNAMICS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33750625716     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.07.001     Document Type: Review

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