What does degeneration mean? The use and abuse of an ambiguous word

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1335, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Wigley, Richard ^a   Walls, Christopher ^a   Brougham, David ^a   Dixon, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEGENERATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN; JOINT FRACTURE; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADIOLOGIST; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SENESCENCE; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; SPORT INJURY; TENDINITIS;

AGING; CAUSALITY; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; ROTATOR CUFF; SPONDYLOSIS; TENDINOPATHY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79957937676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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