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Obesity alters the in vivo mechanical response and biochemical properties of cartilage as measured by MRI

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a primary risk factor for the development of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, there remains a lack of in vivo data on the influence of obesity on knee cartilage mechanics and composition. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between obesity and tibiofe...

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Autores principales: Collins, Amber T, Kulvaranon, Micaela L, Cutcliffe, Hattie C, Utturkar, Gangadhar M, Smith, Wyatt A R, Spritzer, Charles E, Guilak, Farshid, DeFrate, Louis E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-018-1727-4