Reference values and Z-scores for subregional femorotibial cartilage thickness - results from a large population-based sample (Framingham) and comparison with the non-exposed Osteoarthritis Initiative reference cohort

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1275-1283

  Eckstein, F ^a   Yang, M ^b   Guermazi, A ^b   Roemer, F W ^b   Hudelmaier, M ^a   Picha, K ^c   Baribaud, F ^c   Wirth, W ^a   Felson, D T ^b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage thickness; MRI; Normal values; Population based study; Z scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SUBREGIONAL FEMOROTIBIAL CARTILAGE THICKNESS; THICKNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 77956882798     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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