Varus-valgus alignment reduced risk of subsequent cartilage loss in the less loaded compartment

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1002-1009

  Moisio, Kirsten ^a   Chang, Alison ^a   Eckstein, Felix ^b,c   Chmiel, Joan S ^a   Wirth, Wolfgang ^c   Almagor, Orit ^a   Prasad, Pottumarthi ^c,d   Cahue, September ^a   Kothari, Ami ^a   Sharma, Leena ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

^d NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGE LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TIBIA; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALALIGNMENT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79953703706     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.30216     Document Type: Article

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