"Ankle Joint" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The joint that is formed by the inferior articular and malleolar articular surfaces of the TIBIA; the malleolar articular surface of the FIBULA; and the medial malleolar, lateral malleolar, and superior surfaces of the TALUS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000843
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.583.378.062
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| Concept/Terms |
Ankle Joint- Ankle Joint
- Ankle Joints
- Joint, Ankle
- Joints, Ankle
- Ankle Syndesmosis
- Ankle Syndesmoses
- Syndesmosis, Ankle
- Talocrural Joint
- Talocrural Joints
- Articulatio talocruralis
Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis- Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis
- Ankle Syndesmosis, Tibiofibular
- Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmoses
- Distal Tibiofibular Joint
- Distal Tibiofibular Joints
- Tibiofibular Joint, Distal
- Inferior Tibiofibular Joint
- Inferior Tibiofibular Joints
- Tibiofibular Syndesmosis
- Tibiofibular Syndesmoses
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ankle Joint" by people in Profiles.
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Protective effect of P188 in the model of acute trauma to human ankle cartilage: the mechanism of action. J Orthop Trauma. 2010 Sep; 24(9):571-6.
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Anti-apoptotic treatments prevent cartilage degradation after acute trauma to human ankle cartilage. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009 Sep; 17(9):1244-51.
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Normalization of joint moments during gait: a comparison of two techniques. J Biomech. 2003 Apr; 36(4):599-603.
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Expression of matrix metalloproteinases in normal and damaged articular cartilage from human knee and ankle joints. Lab Invest. 1999 Dec; 79(12):1669-77.
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Chondrocyte matrix metalloproteinase-8: up-regulation of neutrophil collagenase by interleukin-1 beta in human cartilage from knee and ankle joints. Lab Invest. 1996 Jan; 74(1):232-40.