Minimum joint space width and tibial cartilage morphology in the knees of healthy individuals: A cross-sectional study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Beattie, Karen A ^a   Duryea, Jeffrey ^b   Pui, Margaret ^c   O'Neill, John ^d   Boulos, Pauline ^a   Webber, Colin E ^e   Eckstein, Felix ^f   Adachi, Jonathan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d St Joseph's Healthcare ^*  (Canada)

^e HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TIBIA; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIBIA;

EID: 52149103542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-119     Document Type: Article

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