Differences of Knee Anthropometry Between Chinese and White Men and Women

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Yue, Bing ^a,b   Varadarajan, Kartik M ^a,c   Ai, Songtao ^b   Tang, Tingting ^b   Rubash, Harry E ^a   Li, Guoan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Caucasian; Chinese; Female; Knee geometry; Male; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649981509     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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