Long-term clinical and radiological assessment of untreated severe cartilage damage in the knee: A natural history study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-110

  Widuchowski, W ^a   Widuchowski, J ^a   Faltus, R ^a   Lukasik, P ^a   Kwiatkowski, G ^a   Szyluk, K ^a   Koczy, B ^a  

^a District Hospital of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery   (Poland)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Cartilage lesion; Natural history; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651351184     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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