Nociceptive sensory innervation of the posterior cruciate ligament in osteoarthritic knees

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 891-895

  Ikeuchi, M ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Izumi, M ^a   Tani, T ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Immunohistochemistry; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NOCICEPTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; PROTEINS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84864918591     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-012-1478-7     Document Type: Article

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