The natural history of cartilage defects in people with knee osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-342

  Davies Tuck, M L ^a   Wluka, A E ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a   Teichtahl, A J ^d   Jones, G ^a   Ding, C ^c   Cicuttini, F M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cartilage defects; Knee osteoarthritis; Progression; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIBIA;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIA;

EID: 39749142635     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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