… Subchondral bone stiffness has been proposed to initiate and/or … to cartilage deterioration
in OA. The purpose of this study was to characterize subchondral bone remodeling, cartilage …

… on articular cartilage in animal models. We also evaluate the methods to measure articular
cartilage changes in … , and biomechanical characteristics of articular cartilage are reviewed. …

… This study has characterized bone and articular cartilage … progressive changes in cartilage
integrity, subchondral bone mineral … Degenerative changes in articular cartilage were easily …

… High frequency ultrasound was used to characterize the properties of articular cartilage in …
diagnosis of cartilage degradation. After collagenase digestion, the structural changes in the …

… In the present study we aimed at investigating, through FE analysis, how the T2-derived …
characteristics of articular cartilage and how it could affect the characterization of cartilage …

… work was to characterize the mineral particles in the transition zone from bone to cartilage in
relation … We have studied the interface of bone and articular cartilage (sample A), bone and …

… For this reason, the present study focused on the simultaneous analysis of the three
major layers that can be discerned: cartilage, subchondral bone and trabecular bone. It is …

… were present and all could be characterized as Stage I. There was no difference in …
degenerative changes start in the articular cartilage, and progress to the subchondral bone where …

… layer where it adheres to bone. The Quantimet image analysis system used in the present
… Microradiographic study of the calcified layer of articular cartilage. Arch Path01 1970; 90: …

In an attempt to improve the detection of chondral abnormalities with magnetic resonance
imaging, a fat-suppressed three-dimensional gradient-recalled acquisition in the steady state (…