Tibiofemoral cartilage thickness distribution and its correlation with anthropometric variables

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-39

  Connolly, Aoife ^a   FitzPatrick, D ^a   Moulton, J ^a   Lee, J ^b   Lerner, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Synthes Technical Center   (United States)

^c University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric variables; Cartilage geometry; Tibiofemoral cartilage thickness

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); ANTHROPOMETRY; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THICKNESS CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

MECHANICAL LOADING; TIBIOFEMORAL CARTILAGE; VOLUME DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES; ARTICULAR SURFACES; CARTILAGE THICKNESS; CARTILAGE THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION; DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; VOLUME DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 42049113678     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM306     Document Type: Article

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