Cartilage atrophy in the knees of patients after seven weeks of partial load bearing

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2516-2520

  Hinterwimmer, S ^a   Krammer, M ^a   Krotz M ^a   Glaser, C ^a   Baumgart, R ^a   Reiser, M ^a   Eckstein, F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; ATROPHY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 4043093561     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20378     Document Type: Article

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