The relationship between the angle of the trochlear groove and patella cartilage and bone morphology - a cross-sectional study of healthy adults

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1158-1162

  Teichtahl, A J ^a   Parkins, K ^a   Hanna, F ^a   Wluka, A E ^a,b   Urquhart, D M ^a   English, D R ^c,d   Giles, G G ^c   Cicuttini, F M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone; Cartilage; Knee; Patella; Sulcus; Trochlear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE STRUCTURE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARTILAGE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34548585049     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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