Static knee alignment is associated with the risk of unicompartmental knee cartilage defects

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-230

  Janakiramanan, Neela ^a   Teichtahl, Andrew J ^a   Wluka, Anita E ^a,b   Ding, Changhai ^c   Jones, Graeme ^c   Davis, Susan R ^d,e   Cicuttini, Flavia M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alignment; Angle; Cartilage; Knee; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VALGUS KNEE; AGED; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE MALFORMATION; CARTILAGE; KNEE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK;

AGED; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RISK;

EID: 38849163084     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20465     Document Type: Article

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