In vivo cartilage contact deformation in the healthy human tibiofemoral joint

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1622-1627

  Bingham, J T ^a   Papannagari, R ^a   Van de velde, S K ^a   Gross, C ^a   Gill, T J ^a   Felson, D T ^b   Rubash, H E ^a   Li, G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cartilage thickness; Compartmental cartilage deformation; Knee joint; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFORMATION; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RHEOLOGY; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54449083141     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken345     Document Type: Article

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