Occupation-related squatting, kneeling, and heavy lifting and the knee joint: A magnetic resonance imaging-based study in men

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1645-1649

  Amin, Shreyasee ^a   Goggins, Joyce ^b   Niu, Jingbo ^b   Guermazi, Ali ^b   Grigoryan, Mikayel ^c   Hunter, David J ^b   Genant, Harry K ^d,e   Felson, David T ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SYNARC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Knee osteoarthritis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Occupational diseases; Patella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LIFTING EFFORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LIFTING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 49049093599     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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