Knee joint ultrasonography of the ACLT rabbit experimental model of osteoarthritis: relevance and effectiveness in detecting meniscal lesions

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-479

  Boulocher, C ^a,b,c   Duclos, M E ^a,b,c   Arnault, F ^b   Roualdes, O ^a,b,c   Fau, D ^a,b   Hartmann, D J ^a,c   Roger, T ^a,b   Vignon, E ^a,c,d   Viguier, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental model; Meniscus; Osteoarthritis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ECHOGRAPHY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41149171945     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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