Diurnal variations in articular cartilage thickness and strain in the human knee

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 541-547

  Coleman, Jeremy L ^a   Widmyer, Margaret R ^a,b   Leddy, Holly A ^a   Utturkar, Gangadhar M ^a   Spritzer, Charles E ^a   Moorman, Claude T ^a   Guilak, Farshid ^a,b   DeFrate, Louis E ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cartilage deformation; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; AM TO PM; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; AVERAGE STRAIN; CARTILAGE THICKNESS; CARTILAGE THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUES; COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; DAILY ACTIVITY; DIURNAL CHANGES; DIURNAL VARIATION; FEMORAL CARTILAGE; HUMAN KNEE; JOINT LOADING; MEAN AGES; PATELLOFEMORAL; TIBIAL PLATEAU;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CARTILAGE; DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN; TISSUE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TIBIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84872609430     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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