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Table 2 Cartilage thickness of the hip, knee and upper ankle joint

From: No damage of joint cartilage of the lower limbs in an ultra-endurance athlete – an MRI-study

  

Type and strenght (Tesla)

  

Standard 1,5 T

Standard 3,0 T

Micro 1,5 T

Anatomy

Location

Mean (mm)

SD (mm)

Mean (mm)

SD (mm)

Mean (mm)

SD (mm)

Hip cor1

 

3.5

0.2

3.5

0.3

  

Hip sag2

Sup4

  

1.2

0.2

  

Hip sag2

Inf5

  

1.3

0.2

  

Hip sag2

Trans6

  

2.7

0.1

  

Knee

Cond fem7 lat8

2.8

0.2

2.1

0.1

  

Knee

Cond fem7 med9

2.7

0.2

3.2

0.3

2.9

0.2

Knee

Cond tib10 lat8

4.2

0.7

2.8

0.5

  

Knee

Cond tib10 med9

3.9

0.2

2.7

0.7

3.9

0.0

UAJ3

Sup4

0.9

0.1

1.0

0.2

0.7

0.2

UAJ3

Inf5

0.5

0.0

1.5

0.1

0.7

0.2

UAJ3

Trans6

1.5

0.1

2.5

0.1

1.4

0.2

  1. 1coronal; 2saggital; 3Upper ankle joint; 4superior; 5inferior; 6transversal; 7Condylus femoralis; 8lateral; 9medial; 10Condylus tibialis.