Tibiofemoral contact mechanics following a horizontal cleavage lesion in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 584-590

  Arno, Sally ^a   Bell, Christopher P ^a   Uquillas, Carlos ^a   Borukhov, Ilya ^a   Walker, Peter S ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

contact area; horizontal cleavage lesion; MRI; osteoarthritis; peak contact pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS POSTERIOR HORN; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; TORQUE; CADAVER; COMPLICATION; INJURIES; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; LACERATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; LACERATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84925597504     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22809     Document Type: Article

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