Knee posture predicted from subchondral apparent density in the distal femur: An experimental validation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-302

  Polk, John D ^a,c   Blumenfeld, J ^a   Ahluwalia, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SAMUEL MERRITT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone adaptation; Density; Posture; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY POSTURE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; EXERTION; FEMUR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; STIFLE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 42149172305     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20653     Document Type: Article

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