The flexion gap in normal knees. An MRI study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1133-1136

  Tokuhara, Y ^a   Kadoya, Y ^a,b   Nakagawa, S ^a   Kobayashi, A ^a   Takaoka, K ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; JOINT LAXITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 9144265515     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B8.15246     Document Type: Article

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