Patellofemoral Bone Marrow Lesions: Natural History and Associations With Pain and Structure

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1647-1654

  Zhu, Zhaohua ^a   Ding, Changhai ^a,b,c   Jin, Xingzhong ^a   Antony, Benny ^a   Han, Weiyu ^a   Laslett, Laura L ^a   Cicuttini, Flavia ^c   Jones, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PATHOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84990032176     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22871     Document Type: Article

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