Revision 1 size and position of the healthy meniscus, and its correlation with sex, height, weight, and bone area- a cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMC Musculoskelet Disord on October 28, 2011

Authors

Katja Bloecker1, Martin Englund, Wolfgang Wirth, Martin Hudelmaier, Rainer Burgkart, Richard B Frobell, Felix Eckstein

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria. katja.bloecker@pmu.ac.at

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