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Ultrasound properties of articular cartilage in the tibio-femoral joint in knee osteoarthritis: relation to clinical assessment (International Cartilage Repair Society grade)

Hiroshi Kuroki1 email, Yasuaki Nakagawa2 email, Koji Mori3 email, Masahiko Kobayashi2 email, Ko Yasura2 email, Yukihiro Okamoto2 email, Takashi Suzuki2 email, Kohei Nishitani2 email and Takashi Nakamura2 email

1  Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-Cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan

2  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawahara-Cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan

3  Department of Applied Medical Engineering Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 2-16-1 Tokiwadai, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8611, Japan

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R78doi:10.1186/ar2452

Published: 13 July 2008


See related editorial by Zheng and Huang, http://arthritis-research.com/content/10/6/125 and related letter by Kuroki et al., http://arthritis-research.com/content/11/3/408


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A file containing a table that presents the names of the knees and the number of different points measured at each site and at each grade.

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