Meniscal tear and increased tibial plateau bone area in healthy post-menopausal women

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-271

  Davies Tuck, M L ^a   Martel Pelletier, J ^b   Wluka, A E ^a,c   Pelletier, J P ^b   Ding, C ^d   Jones, G ^d   Davis, S ^e   Cicuttini, F M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone area; Cartilage volume defect; Healthy post menopausal women; Meniscal tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA;

AGED; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TIBIA;

EID: 39149110263     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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