Changes in the loading of tibial articular cartilage following medial meniscectomy: A finite element analysis study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2667-2673

  Atmaca, Halil ^a   Kesemenli, Cevdet Cumhur ^b   Memişoğlu, Kaya ^b   Özkan, Arif ^c   Celik, Yusuf ^d  

^a Midyat State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Load bearing; Meniscus; Tibial articular cartilage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888291417     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2318-6     Document Type: Article

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