Intraarticular location predicts cartilage filling and subchondral bone changes in a chondral defect: A randomized, blind, long-term follow-up trial involving 82 rabbit knees

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 619-627

  Heir, Stig ^a,b,c   Årøen, Asbjørn ^b,c,d,e   Løken, Sverre ^b,c,d,e   Sulheim, Steinar ^f   Engebretsen, Lars ^c,d   Reinholt, Finn P ^g  

^a MARTINA HANSENS HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f Innlander HF Lillehammer   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FOLLOW UP; KNEE INJURY; KNEE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; PREDICTION; RABBIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; KNEE INJURIES; PATELLA; PROGNOSIS; RABBITS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77957892621     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2010.524593     Document Type: Article

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