Tibial coverage, meniscus position, size and damage in knees discordant for joint space narrowing - data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-427

  Bloecker, K ^a   Guermazi, A ^b,c   Wirth, W ^a,d   Benichou, O ^e   Kwoh, C K ^f   Hunter, D J ^g   Englund, M ^b,h   Resch, H ^a   Eckstein, F ^a,d  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BICL LLC   (United States)

^d Chondrometrics GmbH   (Germany)

^e ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Joint space narrowing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meniscus; Radiographic osteoarthritis; Tibial coverage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

ARTHRALGIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TIBIA;

EID: 84873201332     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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