Ankle osteoarthritis is associated with knee osteoarthritis. Conclusions based on mechanical axis radiographs

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-560

  Tallroth, Kaj ^a   Harilainen, Arsi ^a   Kerttula, Liisa ^b   Sayed, Raafat ^c  

^a ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

^c Porvoo Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alignment; Ankle joint; Knee joint; Osteoarthritis; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 42549149398     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0502-9     Document Type: Article

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