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Effect of muscle contractions on cartilage: morphological and functional magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of the knee after spinal cord injury()

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of complete absence of muscle contractions on normal human cartilage in the presence of joint motion. METHODS: Patients with complete acute spinal cord injuries were enrolled. All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on both knees as soon as their med...

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Autores principales: Demange, Marco Kawamura, Helito, Camilo Partezani, Helito, Paulo Victor Partezani, de Souza, Felipe Ferreira, Gobbi, Riccardo Gomes, Cristante, Alexandre Fogaça
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27818975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2016.01.009