Knee kinematics, cartilage morphology, and osteoarthritis after ACL injury

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Chaudhari, Ajit M W ^a,e   Briant, Paul L ^b,c   Bevill, Scott L ^b   Koo, Seungbum ^b   Andriacchi, Thomas P ^b,c,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cartilage histology; Cartilage metabolism; Kinematics; Knee; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW; WALKING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 38649123376     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31815cbb0e     Document Type: Review

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