PMID: 9557324Apr 29, 1998Paper

The subchondral bone plate

Advances in Anatomy, Embryology, and Cell Biology
Magdalena Müller-Gerbl

Abstract

Pauwels (1965) and subsequent workers in the same field have shown that the distribution of the subchondral density within a joint surface can serve as a parametric measurement which reflects the main stress acting on a joint. Our own investigations on anatomical specimens have demonstrated that this subchondral mineralization does indeed show regular distribution patterns from which conclusions about the mechanical situation within an individual joint may be drawn. Since radiographical densitometry and histological methods are only available for determining the adaptive reaction of the bone to the particular mechanical situation in a joint after death, the information obtained applies only to an end situation and tells us nothing about the development of the changes with time. Furthermore, investigations carried out on human specimens by radiographical densitometry mostly apply to samples of a particular age, since such specimens can be acquired only from departments of pathology, forensic medicine or anatomy. The functional reactions of the bone tissue to repeated long-term changes in the loading--lengthy immobilization and subsequent remobilization, for instance, or heavy loading over a considerable period of time--cannot be...Continue Reading

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Dec 24, 2005·Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy : SRA·Nigar CoskunJürgen Koebke
Jan 17, 2009·Calcified Tissue International·Felix EcksteinLeena Sharma
Sep 30, 2008·Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology·L UhrenholtM Gregersen
Apr 6, 2011·The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume·J Gilbody
Jul 8, 2011·International Orthopaedics·Marko KraljevićMagdalena Müller-Gerbl
Jan 12, 2013·Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy : SRA·Andrej Maria NowakowskiMagdalena Müller-Gerbl
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Feb 2, 2008·Arthritis and Rheumatism·Christelle SanchezYves E Henrotin
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