Histomorphometric, CT arthrographic, and biomechanical mapping of the human ankle

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1025-1034

  Buettner, Olaf ^a   Leumann, André ^a   Lehner, Roman ^b   Dell Kuster, Salome ^a,c   Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Mueller Gerbl, Magdalena ^b   Valderrabano, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Cartilage indentation stiffness; Double contrast CT arthrography; Hyaline uncalcified cartilage; Mineralized cartilage; Regional thickness; Subchondral bone

Indexed keywords

HYALIN;

AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CADAVER; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUBCHONDRAL BONE PLATE; THICKNESS; ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE INDENTATION STIFFNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE-CONTRAST CT ARTHROGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HYALINE UNCALCIFIED CARTILAGE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALIZED CARTILAGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGIONAL THICKNESS; SUBCHONDRAL BONE; TALUS; VERY ELDERLY;

ANKLE JOINT; CARTILAGE INDENTATION STIFFNESS; DOUBLE-CONTRAST CT ARTHROGRAPHY; HYALINE UNCALCIFIED CARTILAGE; MINERALIZED CARTILAGE; REGIONAL THICKNESS; SUBCHONDRAL BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CADAVER; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TALUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883041684     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: 19447876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1071100713477636     Document Type: Article

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