Biomechanical considerations in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis of the knee

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 423-435

  Heijink, Andras ^a   Gomoll, Andreas H ^b   Madry, Henning ^c   Drobnič, Matej ^d   Filardo, Giuseppe ^e   Espregueira Mendes, João ^f   van Dijk, C Niek ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Etiology; Joint instability; Malalignment; Meniscus; Osteochondral defects; Pathology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; COMORBIDITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUPTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROCYTES; COMORBIDITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RUPTURE;

EID: 84857444062     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1818-0     Document Type: Review

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